Abstract
A Case Report of Outbreak Avian Pox Virus from Layer Chickens and a Pigeon in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Highlights
Avian pox is a contagious disease in domestic and wild birds of all ages, sexes, and breeds (Alehegn et al, 2014)
avian pox virus (APV) isolation and identification included the preparation of viral suspensions,propagation on embryonic chicken eggs (ECE), histopathological preparations, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests
Virus isolation Nodular and/or fibro-necrotic lesions collected from chickens and pigeon that showing clinical symptoms of avian pox disease were grinded separately in a sterilized mortar and pestle suspended in a sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution to make 10% suspension
Summary
Avian pox is a contagious disease in domestic and wild birds of all ages, sexes, and breeds (Alehegn et al, 2014). Avian pox virus can infect various species of birds such as chicken, pigeon, canary, psittacine, quail, sparrows, starlings, turkeys, crows, penguins, peacocks, and condors (Tripathy and Reed, 2013). Birds that infected with avian pox show three forms of the disease, cutaneous, diphtheritic, and systemic forms. A problem of skin lesions with suspected avian pox was observed and it interferes with the productivity of the farm This case report aims to provide information on confirmed APV case which have not received much attention from farmers so the awareness of APV will be increased. A unvaccinated pigeon from the same farm 20 months old was sampled Both chickens and pigeon examined showing nodular and/or fibro-necrotic lesions of the pox infections (Figure 1). This research was carried out after procuring the necessary approval from the Ethical Clearance Commission for Research, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (No 0078/EC-FKH/Int/2020)
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