Equine herpesvirus 9 in zoo animals
…herpesvirus 9, is also infecting zoo animals. In July 2007, a polar bear in the San Diego Zoo developed encephalitis and was subsequently euthanized. Polymerase chain reaction was used to…
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Inadvertent transfer of a mammalian retrovirus into birds
…from a Borneo firebacked pheasant in the Bronx Zoo in 1937. After P. lophurae was found to infect young chickens, stocks of the parasite were obtained by serial passage in…
West Nile Story
…countless dead crows materialized in parks across the city, and numerous exotic birds in the Bronx Zoo and a few horses on Long Island fell ill and died. The pathogenic…
TWiV 645: Lions and tigers and zookeepers (oh my)
…in the Bronx Zoo, and, answers to listener questions. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 645 (98 MB .mp3, 163 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes…
Reverse zoonoses: Human viruses that infect other animals
…of the zoonotic pool. Are there also reverse zoonoses – diseases of humans that are transferred to other animal species? An example of a reverse zoonosis occurred just last week…
Zika Zoo
When we decided to work on Zika virus in February 2016, experiments in mice were certainly part of our plans. However, one does not simply walk into a mouse facility…