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Type de document : | Article |
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Auteur(s) et année : | GARIGLIANY, M.-M., MARLIER, D., TENNER-RACZ, K., EIDEN, M., CASSART, D., GANDAR, F., BEER, M., SCHMIDT-CHANASIT, J., DESMECHT, D. (2014) |
Titre : | Detection of Usutu virus in a bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) and a great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in north-west Europe |
Références : | The Veterinary Journal, 199: 191–193. |
Résumé : | In October 2012, a 3-year-old bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) held in captivity for its entire lifespan and a wild adult great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), both with neurological signs, were found 4 km from each other and 5 days apart in the Meuse Valley, Belgium. Non-suppurative encephalitis and mild degeneration and necrosis were identified in the brain and cerebellum, and Usutu virus antigen and RNA were detected by immunohistochemistry and real-time reverse transcriptase PCR, respectively. The two cases reported here represent the most western distribution of clinical disease in birds due to Usutu virus in Europe. |