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

Full Text:

PDF (1MB)

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

Metrics

Total abstract views: 1613
Total article views: 688

 

Crossref Citations

1. Evidence of venom factor-like in crocodilians
Trinidad de los Ángeles Cordero Gil, Patricia Susana Amavet, Belkis Ester Marelli, Pablo Ariel Siroski
Organisms Diversity & Evolution  vol: 23  issue: 4  first page: 941  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1007/s13127-023-00617-8

2. Crocodilepox Virus Protein 157 Is an Independently Evolved Inhibitor of Protein Kinase R
M. Julhasur Rahman, Loubna Tazi, Sherry L. Haller, Stefan Rothenburg
Viruses  vol: 14  issue: 7  first page: 1564  year: 2022  
doi: 10.3390/v14071564

3. Poxvirus dermatitis outbreak in farmed Brazilian caimans (Caiman crocodilus yacare)
MCC RAMOS, SD COUTINHO, ER MATUSHIMA, IL SINHORINI
Australian Veterinary Journal  vol: 80  issue: 6  first page: 371  year: 2002  
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb14792.x

4. Cutaneous poxvirus‐like infection in a captive Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
J. Orós, J. L. Rodríguez, S. Déniz, L. Fernández, A. Fernández
Veterinary Record  vol: 143  issue: 18  first page: 508  year: 1998  
doi: 10.1136/vr.143.18.508

5. Dermatological conditions of farmed Crocodilians: A review of pathogenic agents and their proposed impact on skin quality
Matthew J. Lott, Rhiannon L. Moore, Natalie L. Milic, Michelle Power, Catherine M. Shilton, Sally R. Isberg
Veterinary Microbiology  vol: 225  first page: 89  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.09.022

6. Molecular characterization of the first saltwater crocodilepox virus genome sequences from the world’s largest living member of the Crocodylia
Subir Sarker, Sally R. Isberg, Natalie L. Milic, Peter Lock, Karla J. Helbig
Scientific Reports  vol: 8  issue: 1  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23955-6

7. Genome of Crocodilepox Virus
C. L. Afonso, E. R. Tulman, G. Delhon, Z. Lu, G. J. Viljoen, D. B. Wallace, G. F. Kutish, D. L. Rock
Journal of Virology  vol: 80  issue: 10  first page: 4978  year: 2006  
doi: 10.1128/JVI.80.10.4978-4991.2006

8. Molecular detection of novel herpesviruses and adenoviruses in two species of Australian freshwater turtles
God’spower Richard Okoh, Ellen Ariel, Wytamma Wirth, David Whitmore, Paul F. Horwood
European Journal of Wildlife Research  vol: 69  issue: 4  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1007/s10344-023-01714-x

9. Discovery of a phylogenetically distinct poxvirus in diseased Crocodilurus amazonicus (family Teiidae)
Kerstin Seitz, Anna Kübber-Heiss, Angelika Auer, Nora Dinhopl, Annika Posautz, Marlene Mötz, Alexandra Kiesler, Claudia Hochleithner, Manfred Hochleithner, Gregor Springler, Annika Lehmbecker, Herbert Weissenböck, Till Rümenapf, Christiane Riedel
Archives of Virology  vol: 166  issue: 4  first page: 1183  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-04975-6

10. Impact of poxvirus lesions on saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) skins
Rhiannon L. Moore, Sally R. Isberg, Cathy M. Shilton, Natalie L. Milic
Veterinary Microbiology  vol: 211  first page: 29  year: 2017  
doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.09.019

11. Viruses of Lower Vertebrates
S. Essbauer, W. Ahne
Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B  vol: 48  issue: 6  first page: 403  year: 2001  
doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2001.00473.x

12. Viruses Infecting Reptiles
Rachel E. Marschang
Viruses  vol: 3  issue: 11  first page: 2087  year: 2011  
doi: 10.3390/v3112087