Esophagitis due to a herpesvirus associated with mortality in a psittacine aviary

In a disease outbreak at a psittacine aviary, eight Pionus sp. and Amazon parrots became sick. Three of four Amazon parrots died with severe esophagitis, and epithelial intranuclear inclusion bodies containing herpesvirus were prominent. Focal liver necrosis with rare hepatocyte intranuclear inclusion bodies were found in two of the dead Amazon parrots.