Case Report

Pox virus infection in captive juvenile caimans (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) in South Africa

Mary-Louise Penrith, J. W. Nesbit, F. W. Huchzermeyer
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 62, No 3 | a1612 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v62i3.1612 | © 2020 Mary-Louise Penrith, J. W. Nesbit, F. W. Huchzermeyer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 01 September 2017 | Published: 30 September 1991

About the author(s)

Mary-Louise Penrith, Section of Pathology, Veterinary Research Institute, South Africa
J. W. Nesbit, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
F. W. Huchzermeyer, Section of Pathology, Veterinary Research Institute, South Africa

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Abstract

Light grey macules developed on the skin and in the mouths of juvenile caimans, (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) (n = 8), kept-in the quarantine section of the reptile park at the National Zoological Gardens, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. The gross, histopathological and ultrastructural features of the lesions were commensurate with pox virus infection. This outbreak closely resembled the disease described elsewhere in 3 juvenile captive caimans.

Keywords

Pox virus; caiman; Caiman crocodilus fuscus

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