Endemic poxvirus infection in white storks (Ciconia ciconia) and black storks (Ciconia nigra) in Switzerland
Zangger, N.; Muller, M.
Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 132(3): 135-138
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7281 PMID: 2160728 Document Number: 365791
Thirty young white storks (Ciconia ciconia) and black storks (Ciconia nigra) from a stork restocking station in Switzerland suffered from cutaneous, verrucous pox-efflorescences on legs, feet, beak and eyelids. The poxvirus was demonstrated ultrastructurally. As the endemic was in autumn, mosquitos may be a possible vector. It is uncertain, if the disease is connected with the previously imported storks from the Federal Republic of Germany.