| avian pox infection in a free-living crested serpent eagle (spilornis cheela) in southern taiwan. | avian pox viruses (apvs) have been reported to cause infection in diverse avian species worldwide. herein we report the first case of apv infection in a free-living bird, a subadult crested serpent eagle (spilornis cheela), in taiwan. in addition to the typical wart-like lesions distributed on the cere, eyelid, and face, there were also yellowish nodules below the tongue and on the hard palate. phylogenetic analysis of the 4b core protein gene showed that the apv is very close to that found in w ... | 2011 | 21500652 |