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Newcastle disease (ND) is considered the most important poultry disease worldwide and is one of the major constraints to production of village chickens. Newcastle disease belongs to the same family of viruses that causes measles in humans and distemper in dogs. There are many different strains of ND that can cause a range of clinical signs from sudden death (very virulent strains) to greenish diarrhea (strains with a preference for the gastrointestinal tract), coughing (those with a preference for the respiratory tract) and twisted necks (neurotropic). Many of the clinical signs of ND are indistinguishable from those of avian influenza. This has delayed the detection of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, as producers in countries where ND is not controlled are used to seeing high mortality in their chickens.



  1. 2013-01-20 Village chickens can be found in all developing countries and play a vital role in many poor rural households. They provide scarce animal protein in the form of meat and eggs and can be sold or bartered to meet essential family needs such as medicine, clothes and school fees. Village poultry are...
  2. 2013-01-20 Church-based missions and other small non-government organizations can be responsive to the interests of communities, and can promote a sustainable model of rural poultry vaccination— sometimes more effectively than the district or local government alone. What does a typical model of a...
  3. Session:This presentation will be co-presented through a combination of video and discussion. Village chickens play a vital role in the lives of rural poor, providing meat, eggs, and income from sales which meet family needs. They are generally owned by women and children and provide food...
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  6. Access Agriculture Training Video In this video we will learn how to recognise Newcastle disease, and the signs, causes, prevention, control and management of this devastating disease. Available languages Chichewa / Nyanja Chitonga / Tonga English French Kiswahili Luganda Spanish Tumbuka
  7. 2016-04-13 What is Newcastle disease? Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly contagious, severe viral disease found worldwide that affects birds including domestic poultry. ND is endemic in all parts of Nigeria and is more common during the harmattan season (October –March) with the virus remaining dormant most...
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  9. Christian missions and other small non-government organizations (in this paper referred together as ‘NGOs’) are doing some of the most effective and sustainable agriculture and food security work in developing countries. NGOs are able to innovate and include a package or menu of community options...
  10. 2019-02-14 Session: This presentation will be co-presented through a combination of video and discussion. Village chickens play a vital role in the lives of rural poor, providing meat, eggs, and income from sales which meet family needs. They are generally owned by women and children and provide food...
  11. Bisschop SPR, Peters A, Domingue G, Pearce MC, Verwey J, Poolman P. Newcastle disease vaccine virus I-2 fails to acquire virulence during repeated passagein vivo. Gates Open Res. 2021 Dec 23;5:76. doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13212.3. PMID: 34859194; PMCID: PMC8595976. BackgroundThis study...
  12. 2002-01-20 This manual summarizes the basic laboratory procedures used to produce and test experimental I-2 thermostable Newcastle Disease vaccine in the research and training progammes associated with the John Francis Virology Laboratory, University of Queensland, Australia.
  13. Hu, Z., He, X., Deng, J.et al.Current situation and future direction of Newcastle disease vaccines.Vet Res53, 99 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-022-01118-w Newcastle disease (ND) is one of the most economically devastating infectious diseases affecting the poultry industry. Virulent...
  14. Dimitrov KM, Afonso CL, Yu Q, Miller PJ. Newcastle disease vaccines-A solved problem or a continuous challenge? Vet Microbiol. 2017 Jul;206:126-136. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.12.019. Epub 2016 Dec 16. PMID: 28024856; PMCID: PMC7131810. Newcastle disease (ND) has been defined by the World...
  15. 2012-01-20 Young M., Alders R., Grimes S., Spradbrow P., Dias P., da Silva A. and Lobo Q. 2012. Controlling Newcastle disease in village chickens: a laboratory manual. 2nd edn. ACIAR Monograph No. 87. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research: Canberra. 143 pp Newcastle disease (ND) is a...