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Newcastle Disease

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. Village Chickens, Food Security and Poverty Alleviation: The Benefits of Newcastle Disease Control in Southern Africa

    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...
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  2. Engaging Non-Governmental Organizations in Newcastle Disease Control

    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...
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  3. Mitigation of Newcastle Disease for reducing food insecurity

    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...
    Newcastle Disease East Africa

  4. Newcastle Disease Control

    2015-02-03
    Newcastle Disease East Africa

  5. Backyard Poultry Enterprise - Newcastle Disease

    2014-10-20
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  6. Management of Newcastle disease - video

    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
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  7. Newcastle Disease vaccination in local chicken as a tool for poverty alleviation

    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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  8. Lessons Learned in Promoting Rural Poultry Systems & Newcastle Disease Control

    2013-02-20
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  9. Engaging church missions and non-governmental organizations in Newcastle Disease (ND) Control

    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...
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  10. Mitigation of Newcastle Disease for reducing food insecurity: A focus on family poultry production

    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...
    Newcastle Disease East Africa

  11. Newcastle disease vaccine virus I-2 fails to acquire virulence during repeated passage in vivo

    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. A Basic Laboratory Manual for the Small-scale Production and Testing of I-2 Newcastle Disease Vaccine

    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. Current situation and future direction of Newcastle disease vaccines

    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. Newcastle disease vaccines—A solved problem or a continuous challenge?

    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. Controlling Newcastle Disease in Village Chickens - A Laboratory Manual

    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...