Pacheco disease

Pacheco disease
a highly fatal contagious disease of parrots caused by a herpesvirus; characteristics include hepatomegaly and diarrhea. Pigeons can get an almost identical disease, caused by a different herpesvirus.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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