Fowlpox virus in the Sudan.
A virulent fowlpox virus was isolated from a natural outbreak of the disease in the Sudan. The virus was used for experimental transmission of the disease to susceptible chickens. Scarification and intravenous methods were used to infect one-month-old chickens. Scarification induced typical pox lesions at 5-7 days postinoculation, whereas intravenous injection induced only swelling of combs or wattles, at 10-11 days postinoculation, although neutralizing antibodies against fowlpox virus were detected 2, 3, and 4 weeks postinoculation. The histopathological features of the pox lesions obtained in both natural and experimental infection were described.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D003129:Comb and Wattles / Q000473:pathology; D005586:Fowlpox / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005587:Fowlpox virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D013397:Sudan; D014774:Virulence