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fowlpox
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fowlpox
a slow-spreading disease of fowl and turkeys caused by the avian poxvirus and characterized by pox lesions on the skin of the head, and on the neck in turkeys. Involvement of eyelids causes lacrimation and accumulation of caseous material in the conjunctival sac. Lesions may also be present in the mouth, esophagus and upper respiratory tract. Transmitted by mosquitoes or by contact.
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In contrast, chickens in Galapagos were infected with a virus that appears to be identical in sequence to the characterized fowlpox virus and about 30% different from the canarypox/Galapagos group viruses in the regions sequenced.
J Wildl Dis: Characterization of canarypox-like viruses infecting ... by Thiel, T.; Whiteman, N.K.; Tirape, A. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Efficacy of nucleoprotein and haemagglutinin antigens expressed in fowlpox virus as vaccine for influenza in chickens.
Cell-mediated protection in influenza infection by Doherty, Peter C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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