Browsing San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Research by Author "Jackson, Bethany"
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Comparison of beak and feather disease virus prevalence and immunity-associated genetic diversity over time in an island population of red-crowned parakeetsKnafler, Gabrielle J.; Ortiz-Catedral, Luis; Jackson, Bethany; Varsani, Arvind; Grueber, Catherine E.; Robertson, Bruce C.; Jamieson, Ian G. (2016)…Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) was detected for the first time in an island population of red-crowned parakeets (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) in 2008 on Little Barrier Island (Hauturu-o-Toi) of New Zealand. By 2013, the prevalence of the viral infection had significantly decreased within the population….