Newcastle Disease in Nicaragua

10.12.2012

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.