Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Veterinary medicine, Addis Ababa University, language: English, abstract: Newcastle disease (NCD) is a contagious bird disease affecting domestic and wild avian species characterised by respiratory signs (gasping, coughing), nervous signs depression, in appetence, muscular tremors, and drooping wings, twisting of head and neck, greenish watery diarrhoea, misshapen, rough-or thin shelled eggs and reduced egg production. This study was designed for isolation and identification of Newcastle disease virus from sick and suspected chicken in poultry...