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Poxvirus infection in a Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Keisuke Saito1, Mohie Haridy2, Walied Abdo3
1Institute for Raptor Biomedicine Japan (IRBJ), 2-2 Hokuto, Kushiro, Hokkaido 084-0922, Japan.
Abstract:
A severely emaciated adult Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) was found dead with electrocution-induced severe wing laceration, and with multiple cutaneous pock nodules at the periocular regions of both sides nearby the medial canthi and rhamphotheca. Histopathological examination of the nodules revealed hyperplasia of the epidermis with vacuolar degeneration and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (Bollinger bodies). The proventriculus was severely affected by nematodes and was ulcerated. Nucleotide sequencing of a PCR-amplified product of Avipoxvirus 4b core gene revealed 100% identity to the sequence of Avipoxvirus derived from other eagle species. This report describes the first detection of Avipoxvirus clade A from a Steller's sea eagle.
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