Rosie Goes To The Vet

[PlaxMacaws]

I was shocked as well. It’s not something I ever thought we would be dealing with. I haven’t heard of false positives as far as the testing goes. Definitely false negatives. But when we go back I will ask for another test.

There is apparently a potential for false positive results on ABV and PDD.

Clinicians often wish to rule out other diseases before they screen for ABV infection since it is possible that some of the symptoms and lesions found might be caused by another disease state.

Until just a few years ago, the only diagnostic tools practitioners had were history, radiography, and signs; thus, clinicians were often unsure of their diagnoses. In an effort to “provide practical, non-invasive screening of populations,” researchers have begun to use cloacal swabs, fecal samples, and blood samples. Some of these tests, however, give false positive, false negative, and inconsistent results. This makes detection and accurate diagnosis very challenging. In addition, two other viruses have been proven to be the cause of the same symptoms as the Avian Bornavirus.

From: https://www.beautyofbirds.com/pddtestingclinician.html

Which diagnostic method did they use for Rosie? I believe that PCR would produce the most reliable results.

I am not going to go for another test now as from what I have read, stress can be a factor in triggering ABV to turn to PDD. So I would rather wait and keep an eye on her for the time being. I also read that hormones can be a trigger. Which is worrying for me as Rosie is just turning 6, which means we should be hitting hormones big time.

I fully understand. And Kendra, I wish I were able to be online more. Unfortunately, I've been bogged down beyond reason of late. However, I will follow this thread very closely. Rosie's PDD diagnosis is horribly upsetting for me! I can only imagine how you must be feeling . FWIW, the local hospital almost killed my mother by terminating one of her critical medications without telling us, and leaving her off of the drug for more than three weeks. She's been at this same hospital since December 26, but will be discharged to a care facility within the next few days - irrespective of the fact that she is not at all well because of their negligence. I'm telling you this because I thought I should give you an update on my availability status. Please don't say more about my situation in this thread. Rosie's situation is critically important and all further discussion here should be exclusively about her. Rosie and you are in my thoughts