Necrotizing hepatitis associated with a reo-like virus infection in a parrot.
A young African grey parrot was presented for necropsy following a 3-to-4-day illness consisting of lethargy, anorexia, and diarrhea. A disseminated necrotizing hepatopathy was evident upon histologic examination of the liver. Aggregates of approximately 70-nm-diameter viral particles having morphology consistent with the family Reoviridae were demonstrated by thin-section and negative-staining electron microscopy.
Wilson
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Holscher
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Hodges
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Thomas
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D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006524:Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009336:Necrosis; D010311:Parrots; D011563:Psittaciformes; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*