title: Herpesvirus infection resembling Pacheco's disease in Amazon parrots.
abstract: Herpesvirus infection was diagnosed in two parrots that died suddenly in a pet shop. Gross lesions were confined to reddening of the small intestinal mucosa. Histological examination of tissues from one specimen revealed a hepatitis and splenitis accompanied by intranuclear inclusions. Cowdry type A inclusions were observed in tissue culture and within the nuclei of chick embryo hepatocytes. Virus particles with a morphological similarity to herpesviruses were identified in electron microscope studies. The condition was considered to represent a case of Pacheco's parrot disease.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Veterinary Laboratory, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dagless
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Smith