A wild muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) found moribund in Illinois (USA) had minimal meningitis and pleuritis, probably of bacterial origin. There were large, basophilic, intranuclear inclusion bodies within scattered enterocytes. The inclusions were microscopically typical of those produced by adenoviruses, and ultrastructurally were intranuclear paracrystalline arrays of virus particles with characteristics of adenoviruses. The significance of the adenovirus infection in this muskrat is unknown.
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1 July 2001
Microscopic Evidence of Adenoviral Infection in a Muskrat in Illinois
Dale M. Webb,
Leslie W. Woods
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 37 • No. 3
July 2001
Vol. 37 • No. 3
July 2001
Adenovirus
electron microscopy
muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
viral inclusion bodies