Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 3, 2026

Live Calcium Imaging of Virus-Infected Human Intestinal Organoid Monolayers Using Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicators
Published on: January 19, 2024
Polyomavirus inclusion bodies in chicken caecal epithelium
M A Goodwin1, K S Lattmer, E C Player
1Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood, Georgia, USA.
Abstract:
In this case report we describe the light microscopic and transmission electron microscopic appearance of polyomavirus inclusions in caecal epithelial cells from a chicken with diarrhoea and intestinal parasites. The DNA in situ hybridization technique demonstrated that the polyomavirus reported here is different from polyomaviruses observed in psittaciformes. The chicken polyomavirus described may share some homologous base sequences with psittaciforme polyomavirus; however, the viruses are different. Clinicians and pathologists should be aware that polyomavirus can infect chickens and that polyomavirus inclusion bodies can be found in chicken caecal epithelial cells.
Related Concept Videos
Poliomyelitis
Mechanisms of Retrovirus-induced Cancers
Cytomegalovirus Disease
Rous Sarcoma Virus (RSV) and Cancer
RSV is a retrovirus that contains two copies of a plus-strand RNA genome. Its genome consists of four main open...

