An epornitic of duck viral enteritis in a zoological park.
An epornitic of duck viral enteritis occurred at the National Zoological Park in the spring of 1975. The disease affected 8 different species of ducks; geese and swan were spared. Diagnosis was based on characteristic pathologic changes, with herpetic inclusion bodies in the epithelium of the digestive tract and liver, and by viral isolation from 4 ducks. An experimental attenuated live-virus vaccine and sanitizing procedures were used to control the epornitic.
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004372:Ducks; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000276:immunology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology; D014765:Viral Vaccines
D014765:Viral Vaccines