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AN EPIZOOTIC OF EMERGING NOVEL AVIAN POX IN CARRION CROWS (CORVUS CORONE) AND LARGE-BILLED CROWS (CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS) IN JAPAN.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 28 Apr 2016
Fukui Daisuke, Nakamura Makiko, Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi, Takenaka Makiko, Murakami Mami, Yanai Tokuma, Fukushi Hideto, Yanagida Kazumi, Bando Gen, Matsuno Keita, Nagano Masashi, Tsubota Toshio
Abstract excerpt
In 2006-10, an epizootic of emerging avian pox occurred in Carrion Crows ( Corvus corone ) and Large-billed Crows ( Corvus macrorhynchos ), leading to mortality of juvenile crows in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. We diagnosed 27 crows with proliferative skin lesions (19 carcasses and eight biopsied cases [one in zoo captivity]) as avian pox clinically, histopathologically by detection of...
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