title: Avian pox infection in an American green-winged teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) in Alaska.
abstract: Poxvirus infection was diagnosed on the basis of gross and microscopic appearance plus the presence of typical inclusion bodies in a juvenile American green-winged teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) in Alaska. This constitutes the first known report of avian pox in migratory ducks and the first report of poxvirus infection in wild birds in Alaska.
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D000818:Animals; D004372:Ducks; D005586:Fowlpox / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male