an epizootic of emerging novel avian pox in carrion crows (corvus corone) and large-billed crows (corvus macrorhynchos) in japan. | in 2006-10, an epizootic of emerging avian pox occurred in carrion crows ( corvus corone ) and large-billed crows ( corvus macrorhynchos ), leading to mortality of juvenile crows in hokkaido, the northernmost island of japan. we diagnosed 27 crows with proliferative skin lesions (19 carcasses and eight biopsied cases [one in zoo captivity]) as avian pox clinically, histopathologically by detection of avipoxvirus-specific 4b core protein (p4b) gene, and epidemiologically. the fatal cases demonstr ... | 2016 | 26967129 |