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Debilitating cutaneous poxvirus infection in a Hodgson's grandala (Grandala coelicolor)
J Orós1, F Rodríguez, J L Rodríguez
1Department of Histology and Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Avian Diseases
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
A case of cutaneous avian pox infection in a Hodgson's grandala (Grandala coelicolor) is described. The bird was emaciated and had nodules on the eyelids, bill, neck, legs, and toes. Eosinophilic intracytoplasmic 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 cutaneous poxvirus infection in a Hodgson's grandala.