title: Poxvirus infection in a spectacled Amazon parrot (Amazona albifrons).
abstract: Avian pox was determined to be the cause of death of a spectacled Amazon parrot (Amazona albifrons). Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were visualized by light microscopy in esophageal and bronchial epithelial lesions. Electron microscopy revealed pox-virus virions in the inclusions.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004947:Esophagus / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005586:Fowlpox / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005587:Fowlpox virus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010311:Parrots; D011563:Psittaciformes