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Reported as a first case from this area which affected Macaws and Grey Parrots. From Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Contains photographs.

Campaign dedicated to making a positive contribution to the advancement of research into causes, prevention, and treatment of proventricular dilatation disease.

Personal page that discusses the author's strategies for dealing with proventricular dilatation disease.

Charitable organization that has directed their efforts towards the study and treatment of PDD due to an outbreak at their facility.

Report that highlights important research advancements into the cause and nature of PDD (Myenteric Ganglioneuritis, or Macaw Wasting Disease) in pet birds.

Study to evaluate the extent of central nervous system and peripheral nervous system involvement in birds with PDD. From Avian Pathology.

Personal story of an owner who lost a Timneh African Grey parrot to PDD.

Describes a new approach to the treatment and resolution of PDD by the International Parrotlet Society.

Viral disease originally called macaw wasting syndrome, psittacine wasting syndrome, or neuropathic gastric dilation. Can occur in any psittacine.

Article from the Canadian Parrot Symposium. Describes their findings and conditions that might mimic PDD.

Covers the diagnostics, a personal account, current thinking, importance of husbandry, and necropsy.

Describes the synonyms used, signs of infection, diagnosis, and summary. Contains photographs of a stool specimen with undigested seed, crop impaction, and severely dilated proventriculus.

Study documents experimental transmission of PDD to susceptible birds following inoculation with clarified tissue homogenates from birds with the disease.