Wild bird strain of Newcastle Disease Found in Cormorants on the East Coast - Cooperative Extension Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Periodically versions of the Newcastle Disease virus occur in wild birds in our region. We have seen cases in pigeons (pigeon-adapted strain), and another strain occasionally occurs in double-crested cormorants. Currently, there appear to be cases of this disease causing some deaths in the cormorant population. Of note, we don’t have this disease in domestic read more