INCLUSION BODY DISEASE OF FALCONS (HERPESVIRUS INFECTION) IN AN AMERICAN KESTREL

Autor:	Katherine M. Kocan, L. N. D. Potgieter, A. Alan Kocan
Rok vydání:	1977
Předmět:	Veterinary medicine Ecology biology Bird Diseases Kestrel Herpesviridae Infections biology.organism_classification Birds Liver Herpesvirus infection Animals Female Electron microscopic Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 13:199-201
ISSN:	0090-3558
DOI:	10.7589/0090-3558-13.2.199
Popis:	Postmortem examination of a captive-bred American kestrel (Falco sparverius) showed numerous white necrotic foci 1-2 mm in diameter throughout the liver and spleen. The results of light and spleen. The results of light and electron microscopic studies and experimental transmission to a captive American kestrel and a barred owl (Strix varia) suggests a herpesvirus similar to those dsecribed for owls and other falcons in the U.S. This is the first report of a naturally occurring case of inclusion body disease of falcons in the American kestrel.
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