Table 1.

Avian bornavirus PCR shedding over a 5-month period

		19-May-09	21-Jul-09	08-Sep-09	15-Sep-09	22-Sep-09	29-Sep-09	01-Oct-09
AG1 = African gray “Juniper”	Nares		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
	Choana		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
	Skin		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
	Cloaca		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
AG2 = African gray “Quincy”	Nares		NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG
	Choana		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
	Skin		NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG
	Cloaca		POS	POS	POS	POS	NEG	NEG
AG3 = African gray “George”	Nares		POS	NEG	POS	NEG	POS	POS
	Choana		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
	Skin		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
	Cloaca		POS	POS	POS	POS	POS	POS
AG8 = African gray “Zelda”	Nares		NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG
	Choana		NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG
	Skin		NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG
	Cloaca		NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG	NEG

Juniper, Quincy, and George were all crop biopsy positive and serologically positive for ABV. Zelda has been consistently negative on PCR, serology, and crop biopsy.