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Fowlpox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fowlpox is a worldwide disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus . The viruses causing fowlpox are distinct from one another but antigenically simila...
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PREVENTING AVIAN POX. Pox, described as early as the 17th century, is universal in distribution. Avian pox, which has been called fowl pox, canker, ...
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Article and pictures on the bird disease avian pox. ... Despite this fact, some sick birds have made their way to the Delaware Valley Raptor Center, and some have been infected with the viral disease avian pox. Like childhood chicken pox, which scores of us scratched our way through in spite of our mother's scolding,
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Avian pox is a relatively slow-spreading viral disease in birds, characterized by wart-like nodules on the skin and diphtheritic necrotic membranes lining the mouth and upper respiratory system. It has been present in birds since the earliest history.
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Avian pox probably occurs to some extent in much, if not all, of the range of the eastern subspecies and probably in portions of the ranges of other subspecies as well. Information on the annual prevalence of poxvirus infections is not available.
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Between January 2002 and November 2003, 50% (n = 395) of short-toed larks (Calandrella rufescens) and 28% (n = 139) of Berthelot's pipits (Anthus berthelotti) examined on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, Canary Islands, had gross lesions compatible with avian pox. ... The Medscape Journal ... Diabetes & Endocrinology...
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The presence of avian pox in endemic birds in the Galápagos Islands has led to concern that the health of these birds may be threatened by avipoxvirus introduction by domestic birds. ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...
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