Birds

Question 1

Species

cause

treatment

Answer 1

Pigeon Columba livia

poxvirus (pigeon pox)

vaccination, stringent health protoocols

Question 2

pigeon dermis

A - describe

B - black arrows

Answer 2

A - irregular epidermal proliferation sith inflammation, serocellular crust formation

B - intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (Bollinger bodies)

Question 3

Type of vaccination used

What is going on in B?

Answer 3

Modified live poxvirus labeled for chickens

Vaccine response - swellign and follicular distention