| An Occurrence of Pacheco's Disease in Parrakeet (Neophema bourkii) Reared in Korea |
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Yong-kuk Kwon1, U-Jin Jeon1, Jae-hong Kim1, In-pil Mo2, Mun-il Kang3 |
1Avian Disease Division, National Veterinary Research & Quarantine Service
2College of Vet. Med., Chungbuk National University
3College of Vet. Med., Chonnam National University |
| 국내 주초앵무의 Pacheco병 발생 |
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권용국1, 전우진1, 김재홍1, 모인필2, 강문일3 |
1국립수의과학검역원
2충북대학교 수의과대학
3전남대학교 수의과대학 |
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| Abstract |
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Pacheco's disease (PD) is a highly contagious, acute disease of psittacines caused by a herpesvirus. Five 56-day-old dead parakeets (Neophema bourkii) were submitted to the National. Veterinary Research & Quarantine Service for diagnosis. At necropsy, principle lesions were seen in the pancreas, which were hard, whitish, nodular and atrophic resulting in distortion of the duodenal loop. Histologically, lymphocytic pancreatitis with eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions syncytium-formed acinar epithelium was prominent. In the brain, marked focal gliosis and perivascular lymphocytic cuffing were observed. On the electron microscopy examination, various forms of viral particles were found in both the nucleus and cytoplasm of acinar epithelium of pancreas, identified as a herpesvirus. These results were suggested that the cases were diagnosed as PD in the parrakeet. |
| Key Words:
Pacheco's disease, herpesvirus, parrakeet, occurrence |
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