PARVOVIRUS INFECTION: A THREAT TO DOMESTIC WATERFOWL INDUSTRY | ||
| Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 October 2025 PDF (622.15 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/avmj.2025.365981.1611 | ||
| Author | ||
| WAFAA A. ABD EL-GHANY* | ||
| Poultry Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt. ORCID: 0000-0003-1686-3831 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Parvovirus infection affects geese and ducks, causing an acute, contagious, and fatal disease known as gosling plague or Derzsy’s disease and Muscovy duck parvovirus infection. Moreover, a novel goose parvovirus was first characterized in mule ducks and Cherry Valley ducks and causes a disease termed short beak and dwarfism syndrome. Parvovirus infection in waterfowl has gained worldwide attention due to the substantial economic losses in commercial production. The virus is a member of the genus Dependoparvovirus of the family Parvoviridae. It infects mainly goslings and ducklings during the first 3 weeks of life, causing high morbidity and mortality rates, and belongs to locomotor disturbance, growth retardation, and diarrhea. Transmission of parvovirus in geese and duck flocks occurs either through the horizontal or vertical route. The most common findings of parvovirus in affected birds are myocardial degeneration, intestinal necrosis, myocarditis, perihepatitis, ascites, and sometimes nervous system affection. Diagnosis of parvovirus depends mostly on isolation and identification of the virus using conventional methods, detection of the virus using recent molecular techniques, and seroconversion. Protection of ducklings or goslings in the early life via passive maternal immunity is regarded as the most suitable method for the prevention of parvovirus infection. Vaccination of breeder flocks and their offspring is required to decrease the disease impact. Live, inactivated, and recombinant vaccines have been used against such infection. In conclusion, this article discussed parvovirus infection in waterfowl regarding the virus characteristics, susceptibility, transmission, clinical picture, laboratory diagnosis, and prevention and control of such infection. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Goose parvovirus; Derzsy’s disease; Muscovy duck parvovirus; short beak and dwarfism syndrome | ||
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