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1 October 1979 POX INFECTION AMONG CAPTIVE PEACOCKS
M. M. Al FALLUJI, H. H. TANTAWI, A. ALBANA, S. AL SHEIKHLY
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Abstract

An outbreak of avian pox was detected among captive peacocks (Pavo cristatus) at Baghdad Zoological Park during spring, 1978. A total of 45 of the 60 birds in the aviary developed pox lesions around the beaks and eyes. Morbidity was 75% and mortality was 13%. A virus isolated from the skin lesions produced large plaques on the chorioallantoic membrane of developing chicken embryos and induced cytopathic effect characteristic for pox viruses in chicken embryo cell cultures. The virus neither haemagglutinated nor haemadsorbed to chicken erythrocytes. It was ether resistant and chloroform sensitive. Chickens inoculated with the virus by scarification developed localized pox-like lesions, while turkeys had only transient swelling of feather follicles at the site of inoculation. Virus partially purified with Genetron 113 was precipitated by antisera to fowlpox and pigeon pox viruses.

Al FALLUJI, TANTAWI, ALBANA, and AL SHEIKHLY: POX INFECTION AMONG CAPTIVE PEACOCKS
M. M. Al FALLUJI, H. H. TANTAWI, A. ALBANA, and S. AL SHEIKHLY "POX INFECTION AMONG CAPTIVE PEACOCKS," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 15(4), 597-600, (1 October 1979). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.4.597
Received: 13 March 1979; Published: 1 October 1979
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