Newcastle Disease in Nicaragua

10 December 2012

An outbreak of Newcastle disease in Nicaragua has been reported to the OIE.
The outbreak is in the Community Los Jirones, where there was a population of 899 birds.
According to the owners of the birds, the animals showed neurological signs: torticollis and motor incoordination; digestive signs characterized by greenish fetid diarrhea and lack of appetite and nasal discharge followed by death.