1. Papillomas and probable in situ carcinoma in association with a novel papillomavirus in a red-billed gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus).
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Munday JS, Hardcastle MR, Hunter S, and Harvey CJ
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- Animals, Bird Diseases pathology, Capsid Proteins genetics, Carcinoma in Situ pathology, Carcinoma in Situ virology, DNA, Viral genetics, Foot pathology, Foot virology, Papilloma pathology, Papilloma virology, Papillomaviridae classification, Papillomaviridae genetics, Papillomavirus Infections pathology, Papillomavirus Infections virology, Phylogeny, Bird Diseases virology, Carcinoma in Situ veterinary, Charadriiformes virology, Papilloma veterinary, Papillomaviridae isolation & purification, Papillomavirus Infections veterinary
- Abstract
Numerous raised plaques were observed on the feet of a red-billed gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus) that had been found dead. The plaques consisted of thickened epidermis with cell changes indicative of papillomavirus (PV) infection prominent within affected areas. Evidence suggesting progression to neoplasia was visible in one lesion. A DNA sequence that was most similar, but only 68.3% identical, to duck PV type 3 was amplified from the papillomas, suggesting a novel PV type. Lesions containing PV DNA have only previously been reported in three avian species. This is the first evidence that PVs could cause neoplasia in birds.
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- 2021
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