Fatal pox infection in a rough-legged hawk.
Natural pox infection occurred in a free-living rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) in northeastern North Dakota. Gross, histological and electron microscopic findings were typical of pox infection, and characteristic lesions developed in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) but not in great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) following inoculation with case material. Death of the rough-legged hawk was attributed to starvation rsulting from inability to capture prey and to blood loss from foot lesions.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure