Avian poxvirus in a free-range juvenile speckled (rock) pigeon (Columba guinea)

dc.contributor.authorBwala, Dauda Garba
dc.contributor.authorFasina, Folorunso Oludayo
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, N.M. (Neil)
dc.contributor.emaildayo.fasina@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-13T09:41:02Z
dc.date.available2015-08-13T09:41:02Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.description.abstractA flightless wild juvenile rock pigeon (Columba guinea) with pox-like lesions was picked up on the premises of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. The pigeon was housed overnight for possible treatment the following day but died before any other intervention could be instituted. At necropsy, coalescing masses of yellowish nodular cutaneous tumour-like lesions principally on the featherless areas were noticed on the dead pigeon’s head as well as the beak. Histological examination of the sampled skin lesions revealed multifocal areas of hypertrophic and hyperplastic epidermal epithelial cells with eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (Bollinger bodies). Extract from the lesion was processed and inoculated on the chorioallantoic membranes (CAM) of 11-day-old embryonated chicken eggs and this produced pocks on one of the CAM at day 7 post-inoculation. Electron microscopy confirmed the presence of poxvirus in the CAM with the pock lesions.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.jsava.co.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBwala, DG, Fasina, F.O. & Duncan, N.M., 2015, 'Avian poxvirus in a free-range juvenile speckled (rock) pigeon (Columba guinea)', Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 86(1), Art. #1259, 4 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/jsava.v86i1.1259.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1019-9128 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-9435 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/jsava.v86i1.1259
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/49302
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
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dc.rights© 2015. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectNecropsyen_ZA
dc.subjectRock pigeon (Columba guinea)en_ZA
dc.subjectSkin lesionsen_ZA
dc.subjectPoxvirusen_ZA
dc.titleAvian poxvirus in a free-range juvenile speckled (rock) pigeon (Columba guinea)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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