70 (3) 216-220

Titel: 
A CLINICAL OUTBREAK OF POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION IN SHAMAS (COPSYCHUS MALABARICUS)
Auteur(s): 
M. Vereecken, P. De Herdt, G. Charlier, R. Raue, R. Ducatelle
Samenvatting: 

The present article describes for the first time a clinical outbreak of a polyomavirus infection in shamas (Copsychus malabaricus). Three out of four shamas became ill and died within 14 days after introduction in a passerine aviary. Other birds in the aviary remained clinically healthy. The diagnosis of polyomavirus infection was made by electron microscopic examination of the liver of a bird that died.

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pp 216-220
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