Avian pneumoencephalitis
Newcastle disease.
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a large cage or a house or enclosure in which birds are kept. Historical Examples Mr. Morris mentions as a unique fact that a kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) bred in an aviary. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Charles Darwin I have seen them alive at Singapore in an aviary, […]
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