PARAPOX INFECTION IN GRAY SEALS (HALICHOERUS-GRYPUS) IN CORNWALL

Authors
SIMPSON VR STUART NC STACK MJ ROSS HA HEAD JCH
Citation
Vr. Simpson et al., PARAPOX INFECTION IN GRAY SEALS (HALICHOERUS-GRYPUS) IN CORNWALL, Veterinary record, 134(12), 1994, pp. 292-296
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary record → ACNP
ISSN journal
00424900
Volume
134
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
292 - 296
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-4900(1994)134:12<292:PIIGS(>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In the winter of 1991/92 there was an outbreak of parapox infection in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) around the coast of Cornwall. Pups we re cared for at a seal rehabilitation centre and the infection occurre d in most of them. The presence of parapox virus was confirmed by elec tron microscopy. The clinical and pathological findings, together with details of the morphology of the virus, are compared with those in pr evious outbreaks in North America.