Sticktight fleas associated with fowl pox in a backyard chicken flock in California

Sticktight fleas associated with fowl pox in a backyard chicken flock in California

A mixed breed rooster, from a backyard flock of 13 chickens, was received at California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System-Turlock Branch for postmortem examination. The bird presented with thickened, featherless, scab-encrusted skin around the head region. Numerous sticktight fleas were found...

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Veröffentlicht in:Avian diseases 1997-10, Vol.41 (4), p.1006-1009
Hauptverfasser: Gustafson, C.R. (University of California-Davis, Turlock, CA.), Bickford, A.A, Cooper, G.L, Charlton, B.R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
AVIPOXVIRUS
Backyards
Blood
CALIFORNIA
California - epidemiology
Case Reports
CASE STUDIES
CHICKENS
Chickens - parasitology
Dermis
ECHIDNOPHAGA GALLINACEA
Ectoparasitic Infestations - complications
Ectoparasitic Infestations - diagnosis
Ectoparasitic Infestations - veterinary
Flea infestations
Fleas
Flocks
FOWL POX VIRUS
Fowlpox - complications
Fowlpox - diagnosis
Fowlpox - epidemiology
HERDS
HISTOPATHOLOGY
INCIDENCE
INFLAMMATION
LESIONS
Male
MORTALITY
NECROSIS
Poultry Diseases - diagnosis
Poultry Diseases - epidemiology
Poultry Diseases - mortality
Poxviridae
PULICIDAE
Siphonaptera
SKIN
Skin - pathology
SYMPTOMS
VIROSES
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Zusammenfassung:A mixed breed rooster, from a backyard flock of 13 chickens, was received at California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System-Turlock Branch for postmortem examination. The bird presented with thickened, featherless, scab-encrusted skin around the head region. Numerous sticktight fleas were found attached to the encrusted skin. Microscopic evaluation of the skin revealed a lymphoplasmacytic reaction in the dermis with visible embedded flea mouthparts. Also noted histologically in this region were epidermal hyperplasia and ballooned epidermal cells containing intracytoplasmic inclusions indicative of fowl pox-virus
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1592362