Despite the widespread distribution of this emerging pathology, the cause of AKD remains elusive. Avian Keratin Disorder (AKD) is a disorder affecting Chickadees, Nuthatches, Woodpeckers, Crows and other members of the corvid family.
This disease, characterized by beak overgrowth, was first described in the late 1990s and has been spreading rapidly both geographically and in terms of host species affected. Since the nineties, Avian Keratin Disorder has been an increasingly common disorder among Alaskan and PNW crows, chickadees (~17% of northwest crows 1, ~6% of black-capped chickadees 2) and a handful of other species, that causes gross deformities of the beak such as elongation, curvature or crossing. Background. Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is an emerging disease among wild birds in North America characterized by overgrowth and deformities of beaks. Cases were first observed among black-capped chickadees in Alaska in the late 1990s, and it has spread rapidly since then. The cause of AKD is unknown, but may be Poecivirus, a prospective new species of virus within the family Picornaviridae. Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is an increasingly common disease of wild birds. AKD decreases host fitness and can be fatal. It was first identified in Black-capped Chickadees in Alaska in 1998 1 and, by 2008, it was estimated that 6.5% of Black … Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is an epizootic of debilitating beak deformities, first documented in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) in Alaska during the late 1990s.Similar deformities have now been recorded in dozens of species of birds across multiple continents.
Avian keratin disorder (AKD), characterized by debilitating overgrowth of the avian beak, was first documented in black-capped chickadees ( Poecile atricapillus ) in Alaska. Subsequently, similar deformities have appeared in numerous species across continents.
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