Avian Pox in Native Captive Psittacines, Brazil, 2015

Abstract

To investigate an outbreak of avian pox in psittacines in a conservation facility, we examined 94 birds of 10 psittacine species, including sick and healthy birds. We found psittacine pox virus in 23 of 27 sick birds and 4 of 67 healthy birds. Further characterization is needed for these isolates.

Keywords

• Brazil
• avian pox
• psittacines
• avipoxvirus
• viruses
• parrot