Publications

intestinal cryptosporidiosis in pigeons (columba livia).	an intestinal disease in pigeons (columba livia) from the canary islands characterized by diarrhea and body weight loss is described. intestinal cryptosporidiosis was identified in three young pigeons. cryptosporidia were associated with hyperplasia of the intestinal crypts and moderate inflammatory infiltration in lamina propria. this is the first report of cryptosporidiosis in pigeons.	1997	9356726
an outbreak of encephalitis in pigeons (columba livia) in the canary islands (spain).	an encephalitic disease in pigeons, characterized by paralysis of extremities, torticollis, head tremor, and diarrhea, is described. the negative titers in the hemagglutination tests, the presence of feulgen-positive intranuclear inclusions in the cells of the granular layer of the cerebellum and the fibroblast culture, and the presence of viral particles with an icosahedral-herpetic morphology and a diameter of 100-170 nm all indicate that the etiology of this outbreak may be related to the enc ...	1986	3729888