Squirrelpox virus (SQPV) is a significant factor in red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population declines but has previously been unconfirmed in the Republic of Ireland. In 2011 a juvenile red squirrel from Wicklow presented with facial, perivulval, and nail bed SQPV skin lesions confirmed by histopathology, PCR, and electron microscopy.
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1 October 2013
Squirrelpox Virus in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in the Republic of Ireland
Favel Naulty,
David Everest,
Neil D. Warnock,
Kevin Phelan,
John J. Callanan
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 49 • No. 4
October 2013
Vol. 49 • No. 4
October 2013