Electron microscopical observations of psittacine beak and feather diseasein an umbrella cockatoo (Cacatua alba)

Authors
Sanada, Y Sanada, N Kubo, M
Citation
Y. Sanada et al., Electron microscopical observations of psittacine beak and feather diseasein an umbrella cockatoo (Cacatua alba), J VET MED S, 61(9), 1999, pp. 1063-1065
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
ISSN journal
09167250 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
9
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1063 - 1065
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-7250(199909)61:9<1063:EMOOPB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) was diagnosed in an umbrella coc katoo (Cacatua alba) with severe feather dystrophy and loss. Electron micro scopically, the intranuclear and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies observed by light microscopy were composed of viral particles forming paracrystalli ne arrays, whorls, semicircles or concentric circles. Recovered viral parti cles from the skin and feather follicle tracts were icosahedral and IS to 2 0 nm in diameter.