| avipox sp. in a colony of gray-crowned rosy finches (leucosticte tephrocotis). | members of a wild-caught colony of 16 gray-crowned rosy finches (leucosticte tephrocotis) were presented with dermal and mucosal lesions, anorexia, emaciation, lethargy, and sudden death. lesions included dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and glossitis. skin scrapings from and bacterial culture of dermal lesions yielded staphylococcus aureus and candida albicans. necropsy and histologic examination revealed characteristic epidermal and mucosal pox lesions, with the presence of characteristic bollinger ... | 2003 | 14656000 |