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psittacine herpesvirus infection resembling pacheco's parrot disease.	herpesvirus was detected by electron microscopy in hepatocytes of psittacine birds that died at a florida aviary. the virus was identified in hepatocytes of chick embryos and budgerigars that were given injections of liver suspensions from naturally infected psittacines. infected hepatocytes had prominent intranuclear inclusions that contained naked nucleocapsids. both naked and enveloped virions were seen in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes, and enveloped nucleocapsids occasionally were seen in the ...	1975	163868
epornitic of papova-like virus-associated disease in a psittacine nursery.	of 45 fledgling psittacine birds being raised in an avian nursery, 14 died over a 6-week period. at necropsy, several birds were found to have a moderate amount of subcutaneous hemorrhage over the crop and across the dorsum. histologically, all birds had hepatic necrosis. large pale to lightly basophilic intranuclear inclusions were seen in the spleen of 6 birds and in the liver of 5 birds examined. ultrastructural evaluation demonstrated intranuclear virus particles resembling the papovavirus i ...	1984	6511578