Field isolates of herpesviruses recovered from falcon, pigeon, and psittacine birds were compared by restriction endonuclease (RE) analysis using four separate enzymes. Pigeon and falcon herpesviruses had strikingly similar DNA cleavage patterns, while DNA cleavage pattern of virus isolates from a double-yellow headed Amazon and an African grey parrot had different genomic patterns to both the pigeon and falcon herpesviruses. These findings support the field observations that pigeon herpesvirus causes a fatal herpesviral infection in the livers of pigeon-eating falcons.
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1 April 1993
COMPARISON OF HERPESVIRUS ISOLATES FROM FALCONS, PIGEONS AND PSITTACINES BY RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE ANALYSIS
I. Aini,
L. M. Shih,
A. E. Castro,
Y. C. Zee
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 1993
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 1993
Columba livia
Falco mexicanus
Falco peregrinus
herpesvirus
pigeon
prairie falcon
psittacines