Isolation of a herpesvirus from a bald eagle nestling.
Cloacal swabs collected from wild bald eagle nestlings (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) were tested for viruses. A virus isolated from one of these samples had a lipid coat and contained DNA. Electron microscopy confirmed that it was a herpesvirus. This appears to be the first report of a herpesvirus isolation from a wild bald eagle.
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000382:microbiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D000939:Epitopes; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D014861:Washington
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral; D000939:Epitopes