%0 Journal Article %T Suppl-2, M3: Adaptation of Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) in Feral Birds and their Potential Role in Interspecies Transmission %A Aziz-ul- Rahman %A Momena Habib %A Muhammad Zubair Shabbir %J Archive of "The Open Virology Journal". %D 2018 %R 10.2174/1874357901812010052 %X Newcastle Disease (ND), caused by Avian avulavirus 1 (AAvV 1, avulaviruses), is a notifiable disease throughout the world due to the economic impact on trading restrictions and its embargoes placed in endemic regions. The feral birds including aquatic/migratory birds and other wild birds may act as natural reservoir hosts of ND Viruses (NDVs) and may play a remarkable role in the spread of the virus in environment. In addition, other 19 avulaviruses namely: AAvV 2 to 20, have been potentially recognized from feral avian species %K Avian avulavirus 1 (AAvV 1) %K Wild and Migratory birds %K Epidemiology %K Phylogeny %K Newcastle Disease (ND) %K Fusion gene %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142666/