CUTANEOUS TUMOR-LIKE LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTION BY AVIPOXVIRUS IN A Dendrocygna Autumnalis

Authors

  • Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
  • Áurea Linhares Martins Gabriel Bioparque Crocodilo Safari
  • Suellen da Gama Barbosa Monger Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Leopoldo Augusto Moraes Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Darlene Kássia Saraiva Queiroz Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
  • Alex Junior Souza de Souza Faculdades Integradas do Tapajós

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v15i2.17202

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Abstract

The fowlpox, also known as contagiosum epithelioma, is caused by a poxvirus of the genus Avipoxvirus and affects both domestic and wild birds. The disease has two forms cutaneous and diphtheria. In March 2008 the sector of rehabilitation of wild birds from Mangual das Garças Park, located in Belém, Pará attended a duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) that had nodular lesions in regions of the wing devoid of feathers. The lesions consisted of two large cutaneous tumor-like nodules that measured 4,2 x 3,8 cm and 2,8 x 2,2 cm in length and width, respectively. The nodules were surgically removed, fixed in 10% formalin, processed and stained with hematoxylin-eosin. Histopathology showed acanthosis and expressive hyperkeratosis, some cells showed spongiosis. The confirmatory diagnosis of fowlpox was established by the pathognomonic sign of the presence of large intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusion corpuscles (Bollinger bodies) in epithelial cells. This is the first report of poxvirus infection in a wild bird in the State of Pará, Brazil.

KEYWORDS: Avipoxvirus; fowlpox; viral disease; wild bird.

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Author Biographies

Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Docente do Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal

Áurea Linhares Martins Gabriel, Bioparque Crocodilo Safari

Responsável Técnico

Suellen da Gama Barbosa Monger, Universidade Federal do Pará

Mestranda em Ciência animal

Leopoldo Augusto Moraes, Universidade Federal do Pará

Mestrando em Ciência Animal

Darlene Kássia Saraiva Queiroz, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Mestranda em Saúde e Produção Animal na Amazônia

Alex Junior Souza de Souza, Faculdades Integradas do Tapajós

Docente do Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde

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Published

2014-06-29

How to Cite

PEREIRA, W. L. A.; MARTINS GABRIEL, Áurea L.; MONGER, S. da G. B.; MORAES, L. A.; QUEIROZ, D. K. S.; DE SOUZA, A. J. S. CUTANEOUS TUMOR-LIKE LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTION BY AVIPOXVIRUS IN A Dendrocygna Autumnalis. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 2, p. 234–238, 2014. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v15i2.17202. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/17202. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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