Of course, this kind of quarantine is not practical unless you have only one bird and never set foot out of your house. Quarantine is important but it will not eliminate all possibilities of infection. W hen multiple birds are placed in one cage, the bird on the higher perch is known as the defecator and lower bird is the defectatee. Dr. Graham used these terms in explaining fecal feather contamination. Putting all your perches at the same height with multiple birds in the same cage will prevent this situation.
More research is needed.
Hopefully, in about a year and a half, the tools to control this disease many be available. They offered to pay for the shipping of diseased birds to the lab. Live birds will be maintained and not just be destroyed in this study. It's available and Dr. Ritchie recommends vaccinating all birds. Young birds can die from this disease, while older birds will probably just become slightly ill, but they allow the virus to multiply and be passed into the environment.