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Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Inclusion body Disease (Herpesvirus Infection) of Falcons (IBDF)

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Inclusion body disease of falcons (IBDF) has been diagnosed in 4 species of falcons (Falco mexicanus, F. rusticolus, F. peregrinus, and F. chiquera). The etiological agent, a herpesvirus, has been grown in avian cell culture and used to experimentally reproduce the disease in kestrels (F. sparverius), a merlin (F. columbarius), and a prairie falcon (F. mexicanus). The clinical course of the disease is 1 to 4 days in duration, is character-ized by weakness, depression, terminal leukocytopenia, and, in some cases, by anorexia, weight loss, and diarrhea. Gross lesions are pale tan foci in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and intestinal wall. Histologically the lesions are characterized by degeneration and necrosis with intranuclear inclusion body formation.

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Die Einschlusskörperchen-Erkrankung bei Falken ist bei vier Falkenspecies diagnostiziert worden (Falco mexicanus, F. rusticolus, F. peregrinus und F. chiquera). Das ätiologische Agens, ein Herpesvirus, lĂ¤ĂŸt sich in aviären Zellkulturen zĂ¼chten und wurde zur experimentellen Reproduktion der Erkrankung bei amerikanischen Buntfelken (F. sparverius) einem Zwergfalken (F. columbarius) und einem Präriefalken (F. mexicanus) verwendet. Die klinische Erkrankung dauert 1 bis 4 Tage und ist charakterisiert durch Schwäche, Depression, Leukozytopenie und in einigen Fällen durch Anorexie, Gewichtsverlust and Diarrhoe. Makroscopische Läsionen sind blass-braune Foci in Leber, Milz, Knochenmark und Darmwand. Histologisch sind die Läsionen charakterisiert durch Degeneration und Nekrosen mit nukleärer Einschlusskörperbildung.

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Graham, D.L., Maré, C.J. (1976). Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Inclusion body Disease (Herpesvirus Infection) of Falcons (IBDF). In: Page, L.A. (eds) Wildlife Diseases. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1656-6_51

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