HERPESVIRUS-LIKE INFECTION IN A PAINTED TURTLE (Chrysemys picta)

W.R. COX; W.A. RAPLEY; I.K. BARKER

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-16.3.445

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1 July 1980 HERPESVIRUS-LIKE INFECTION IN A PAINTED TURTLE (Chrysemys picta)

W.R. COX, W.A. RAPLEY, I.K. BARKER

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 16(3):445-449 (1980). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.3.445

Abstract

A painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) which died in captivity had marked necrosis in the liver and lungs with numerous intranuclear inclusion bodies in hepatocytes and respiratory epithelial cells. Electron microscopy revealed herpesvirus-like particles in cells in affected tissues.

COX, RAPLEY, and BARKER: HERPESVIRUS-LIKE INFECTION IN A PAINTED TURTLE (Chrysemys picta)

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W.R. COX, W.A. RAPLEY, and I.K. BARKER "HERPESVIRUS-LIKE INFECTION IN A PAINTED TURTLE (Chrysemys picta)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 16(3), 445-449, (1 July 1980). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.3.445

Received: 18 September 1979; Published: 1 July 1980

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