An outbreak of cowpox in beavers (Castor fiber canadensis) and bearcats (Ailurus fulgens) in Berlin zoo

Authors
Hentschke, J Meyer, H Wittstatt, U Ochs, A Burkhardt, S Aue, A
Citation
J. Hentschke et al., An outbreak of cowpox in beavers (Castor fiber canadensis) and bearcats (Ailurus fulgens) in Berlin zoo, TIER UMSCH, 54(6), 1999, pp. 311
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
TIERARZTLICHE UMSCHAU
ISSN journal
00493864 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0049-3864(199906)54:6<311:AOOCIB>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
This is the first report of a fatal infection of beavers and bearcats with cowpox virus. Clinical, pathological and histological data are described. E lectron microscopical examination of specimens from lesions revealed pox vi rus particles. Cowpox virus was identified from the induction of haemorrhag ic pocks on chorioallantoic membrane, the presence of cytoplasmic inclusion A-type bodies and by PCR.