DEBILITATING CUTANEOUS POXVIRUS INFECTION IN A HODGSONS GRANDALA (GRANDALA COELICOLOR)

Authors
OROS J RODRIGUEZ F RODRIGUEZ JL BRAVO C FERNANDEZ A
Citation
J. Oros et al., DEBILITATING CUTANEOUS POXVIRUS INFECTION IN A HODGSONS GRANDALA (GRANDALA COELICOLOR), Avian diseases, 41(2), 1997, pp. 481-483
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Avian diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00052086
Volume
41
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
481 - 483
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-2086(1997)41:2<481:DCPIIA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A case of cutaneous avian pox infection in a Hodgson's grandala (Grand ala coelicolor) is described. The bird was emaciated and had nodules o n the eyelids, bill, neck, legs, and toes. Eosinophilic intracytoplasm ic inclusion bodies were visualized by light microscopy in epithelial cells of the cutaneous nodules. Electron microscopy revealed numerous pox virions in the inclusion bodies. This is the first report of cutan eous poxvirus infection in a Hodgson's grandala.