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Vet Pathol 43:963-970 (2006)
© 2006 American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Outbreak of Herpesviral Conjunctivitis and Respiratory Disease in Gouldian Finches

A. Paulman, C. A. Lichtensteiger and L. J. Kohrt1

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

An outbreak of tracheitis, sinusitis, and conjunctivitis, originating in recently imported birds, caused high morbidity and mortality in a flock of finches in Central Illinois. Although several species were present, Gouldian finches (Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae) were most commonly and severely affected. Birds submitted for necropsy displayed microscopic lesions characteristic of herpesviral infection, including epithelial cytomegaly and karyomegaly with basophilic, intranuclear inclusion bodies in the nasopharynx, sinuses, trachea, parabronchi, conjunctiva, and occasionally the lacrimal gland or proximal proventricular glands. Viral particles consistent with herpesvirus were visualized within affected epithelial cells with electron microscopy. Based on a partial sequence of the viral DNA polymerase gene, this virus was found to be identical to a herpesvirus previously implicated in a similar outbreak in Canada and is most likely an alphaherpesvirus.

Key words: Alphaherpesvirus; conjunctivitis; cytomegaly; electron microscopy; Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae; PCR; phylogeny; tracheitis.

Request reprints from Dr. C A Lichtensteiger, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802 (USA). E-mail: clichten{at}uiuc.edu




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