PMID- 6307250
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19830826
LR  - 20031114
IS  - 0005-2086 (Print)
IS  - 0005-2086 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
DP  - 1983 Apr-Jun
TI  - Transmission studies involving a wet fowl pox isolate.
PG  - 542-4
AB  - An isolate of fowl pox (FP) virus from a case of "wet" pox in commercial white 
      leghorn (WL) pullets was used to expose WL cockerels via the comb-scratch (CS), 
      eye-drop (ED), or laryngeal-swab (LS) route. Seven days postinoculation (PI), the 
      groups challenged via CS had scabby proliferative pox lesions at the challenge 
      site, the groups challenged via LS had slight dyspnea and rales, and 20% of the 
      cockerels challenged via ED had mild conjunctivitis and lacrimation. By 
      termination of the trial on day 21 PI, the CS-challenged groups had developed 
      pronounced pox lesions. The LS-challenged groups showed severe dyspnea and rales 
      with pronounced raised plaque-like lesions at the opening to the trachea and 
      extending into the upper quarter of the trachea with heavy yellowish caseous 
      exudate partly occluding the glottis. The ED-challenged groups had severe 
      lacrimation and conjunctivitis and small pox lesions on the face, comb, and 
      wattles; 12 of 18 had proliferative lesions on the oral mucosa in the area of the 
      larynx. Forty-five percent of the LS-challenged groups died of suffocation. Pox 
      virus was re-isolated from tissues in all treatment groups. Wet pox transmission 
      appears to be possible via the LS and ED routes.
FAU - Eleazer, T H
AU  - Eleazer TH
FAU - Harrell, J S
AU  - Harrell JS
FAU - Blalock, H G
AU  - Blalock HG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Avian Dis
JT  - Avian diseases
JID - 0370617
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Chickens
MH  - Fowlpox/pathology/*transmission
EDAT- 1983/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1983/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1983/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1983/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Avian Dis. 1983 Apr-Jun;27(2):542-4.