| identification and isolation of a novel herpesvirus in a captive mob of eastern grey kangaroos (macropus giganteus). | a novel herpesvirus was detected in a captive mob of eastern grey kangaroos (macropus giganteus) during diagnostic workup for individuals with ulcerative cloacitis. virus was initially detected in tissues using a consensus herpesvirus pcr. no viral inclusions or particles had been evident in routine histologic or transmission electron microscopic sections of cloacal lesions. virus was isolated from samples and transmission electron microscopy of the resulting isolates confirmed that the virus wa ... | 2008 | 18191922 |