PDD news from Valerie Shuster

[Lisa B]

Dear Stop PDD News Group,

Dr. Ritchie called me today with an important update. After a decade of
repeated attempts, the Emerging Diseases Research Group has established
a neural cell system from a psittacine bird. This will provide the
Group with a completely new way to attempt to grow the suspected PDD
virus in the laboratory.

Dr. Ritchie said that the group needs fresh samples (blood, feces and
God forbid, bird parts) from birds that have been recently confirmed
with PDD before any treatment is started. If you have a bird that has
been recently diagnosed, please have your veterinarian contact Dr.
Ritchie or Dr. Gregory to discuss sample collection and submission by
submitting their contact information to testing@StopPDD.org - messages
will be forwarded.

Best Regards,

Valerie

[huntress]

Thats good news! One step closer to a vaccine and a cure!!!!