Avipox in a common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, vol.26, no.5, pp.1193-1195, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 26 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2002
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.1193-1195
- Keywords: common buzzard, Buteo buteo, avipox, Bollinger bodies, hawk, raptorial birds, RAPTORIAL BIRDS
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: No
Abstract
An adult, male common buzzard (Buteo buteo) with a leg fracture and multiple proliferative cutaneous nodules on its feet was brought to Akdeniz University Burdur Veterinary Faculty by a farmer who found the bird at his farm. There were similar small nodules on the eyelids and beak. The fractured bone ends had become necrotized. The buzzard was euthanized. On histopathological examination of nodules, large, eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (Bollinger bodies) were seen. Avipox was diagnosed on the basis of the typical gross and microscopic features.