Disease details

Pathogen Type: Virus
Agent: Avian orthoavulavirus 1
Agent Abbreviation: NDV
Agent Family: Paramyxoviridae

Main Hosts: Avian
Most reported in WAHIS: Birds

Zoonotic Potential: Yes
WOAH listed: Yes
Reported in the EU in the last 2 years: Yes
AHL Category: A, D, E

Vector-Borne Disease: No

Agent survival and transmissibility

Agent survival in different matrices:
- Animal: No eligible studies identified
- Environment: Up to 200 days in water at 9°C
- Food: Up to 838 days in meat at 6°C

Domestic/Wildlife Transmissibility: No available information regarding this subject

Insights from Experimental Infection studies

Incubation Period: 1 to 10 days post-infection
- Median: 3 days

Agent Detection (days post-infection):
- Minimum: 0.5 day(s) using PCR
- Maximum: 40 days using ELISA and PCR

Most reported Clinical Signs:
- General/Systemic (Prostration)
- Gastrointestinal (Diarrhoea)
- Respiratory (Respiratory Distress (Lower Airways))

Duration of Clinical Signs: 0 to 19 days

Case fatality: Up to 100%

Diagnostic tests, vaccination and treatment

Diagnostic tests: There are WOAH-recommended tests for this disease in WOAH’s Terrestrial Manual

Vaccine: There are commercially available vaccines in the EU for this agent
- Available vaccine types: Inactivated (dead), Live attenuated

Treatments: Not allowed in the EU (AHL Category A disease)