Cytopathic herpesvirus infection in a green iguana (Iguana iguana).
A juvenile male green iguana (Iguana iguana) died 5 days following movement to a room 3-5 degrees C cooler than its previous housing. Gross necropsy lesions were limited to thin body condition. Histologically the animal had multifocal, random, moderate to severe, acute hepatocellular necrosis with intranuclear inclusion bodies at the periphery of the necrotic areas. Electron microscopy of the liver revealed icosahedral viral particles approximately 110 nm in diameter, consistent with a herpesvirus infection. Characteristics of the herpesvirus are similar to those described for iguanid herpesvirus 1.
Wilkinson
Michele
M
Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
Cline
Mark
M
Jerome
W Gray
WG
D000818:Animals; D006524:Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007076:Iguanas; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male