Avian pox virus infection in a common barn owl (Tyto alba) in southern Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira

Albano, Ana P.¹  Sallis, Simone E.¹  Raffi, Margarida B.¹  Nunes, Cristina Freitas²  Soares, Mauro P.¹  Fischer, Geferson²  Hübner, Sílvia²  Vargas, Gilberto D.² 

[1] UFPel, Pelotas;Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Brazil

关键词: Tyto alba;    common barn owl;    avian pox virus.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-736X2011000700012

来源: Colegio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal-CBPA

【 摘 要 】

A young common barn owl (Tyto alba) was referred to the Núcleo de Reabilitação da Fauna Silvestre (Nurfs), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), after been found in a barn of a brick factory in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The bird was apathic, weak and with crusty lesions in the featherless areas (eyes, beak, legs), and died soon after arrival at Nurfs. Necropsy and histopathological examination of the lesions were carried out. The hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the cutaneous lesions, several eosinophilic intracyto-plasmic inclusion bodies in epithelial cells (Bollinger bodies), as well as particles characteristic of poxvirus, observed by electronic microscopy, confirmed the infection by avian poxvirus, what highlights the importance of Tyto alba as carrier of the virus in the wild. Index

【 授权许可】

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