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Case Reports
. 1980 Jul;16(3):445-9.
doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-16.3.445.

Herpesvirus-like infection in a painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

W R Cox, W A Rapley, I K Barker
Case Reports

Herpesvirus-like infection in a painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

W R Cox et al. J Wildl Dis. 1980 Jul.

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.

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