title: Polyomavirus Infection in Gouldian Finches (Erythrura gouldiae) and Other Pet Birds of the Family Estrildidae.
abstract: A syndrome characterized by apathy, diarrhoea and high mortality of nestlings was observed in a flock of pet birds of the family Estrildidae. Enlargement of the liver, pulmonary congestion and urate accretions in the kidney were observed. Microscopically, there was glomerular atrophy, oedema and congestion of the lungs and necrosis and fibrosis of the liver. Cowdry type B intranuclear inclusion bodies were detected in the tissues. Polyomavirus was detected by polymerase chain reaction. The entire genome of the virus was amplified and sequenced, revealing 99 % identity to the sequence of finch polyomavirus isolated from the Eurasian bullfinch (family Fringillidae).
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', S. P. Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy. Electronic address: elena.circella@uniba.it.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Circella
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', S. P. Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caroli
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', S. P. Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', S. P. Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Legretto
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Unit of Medical Entomology, Department of Virology, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pugliese
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', S. P. Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bozzo
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', S. P. Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cocciolo
authors.affiliation: Clinica per Animali Esotici, Centro Veterinario Specialistico, Via Sandro Giovannini 51-53, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dibari
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', S. P. Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camarda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D046369:Finches / Q000821:virology*; D057805:Pets; D027601:Polyomavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Gouldian finch; genome sequence; inclusion body; polyomavirus