Necrotizing Ventriculitis in Fledgling Chimney Swifts ( Chaetura Pelagica ) Associated With a Novel Adenovirus, Chimney Swift Adenovirus-1 (CsAdV-1)

• Main Authors: Needle, David B., Wise, Annabel G., Gregory, Christopher R., Maes, Roger K., Sidor, Inga F., Branson W. Ritchie, Dalen Agnew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Figshare 2019
• Subjects: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Clinical medicine; 70706 Veterinary Medicine; FOS Veterinary sciences; Antarctic; The Chimney; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.4585928; https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Necrotizing_Ventriculitis_in_Fledgling_Chimney_Swifts_i_Chaetura_Pelagica_i_Associated_With_a_Novel_Adenovirus_Chimney_Swift_Adenovirus-1_CsAdV-1_/4585928

Five chimney swift fledglings died following a progressive loss of appetite and condition while being cared for by an experienced wildlife rehabilitator. All animals had severe necrotizing and heterophilic ventriculitis, with myriad epithelial cells characterized by karyomegaly with intranuclear inc...