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Nicole Rose1, Amy L Warren, Douglas Whiteside
1University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, TRW 2D01, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2Z6.
Abstract:
Four cases of Columbid herpesvirus-1 infection in great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) were identified in Calgary, Alberta. Necropsy findings included severe multifocal hepatic and splenic necrosis, pharyngeal ulceration and necrosis, and gastrointestinal necrosis. Occasional eosinophilic intranuclear viral inclusion bodies were associated with the foci of necrosis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing confirmed a diagnosis of herpesvirus-induced disease. The sequence of a PCR amplicon had 99.7% homology to Columbid herpesvirus-1.
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