Fowlpox

Scientific name: Avipoxvirus

Common names: Fowlpox, avian pox, canarypox, juncopox, mynahpox, pigeonpox, psittacinepox, quailpox, sparrowpox, starlingpox, turkeypox viruses

Native To: Historically occurred worldwide (USGS 1999)

Date of U.S. Introduction: Historically present in the continental U.S.; was first discovered in Hawaii in 1902 (Lebbin et al. 2010; Simberloff and Rejmanek 2010)

Images: Google

Means of Introduction: Probably introduced to Hawaii with imported birds and was spread by introduced mosquito species (Simberloff and Rejmanek 2010)

Impact: Viral disease that infects over 60 species of birds (USGS 1999)

Current U.S. Distribution: Has occurred throughout the U.S.

Management Plans: Microbes

Selected Internet Resources:

• Federal Government
• State Government
• University/Academic
• International
• Organizations

Fowlpox - TEKTRAN database
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Research

Fowlpox Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)

Avian Pox (Chapter 19) - Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases (PDF | 848 KB)
DOI. National Wildlife Health Center.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Distribution; Controls

Fact Sheet: Avian Pox
DOI. National Wildlife Health Center.
Identification/Description; Dispersion

Avian Pox - Michigan Wildlife Disease Manual
Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Dispersion; Controls

Avian Pox (PDF | 390 KB)
Pennsylvania Game Commission. Wildlife Disease Reference Library.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Preventing Avian Pox (May 1981; PDF | 374 KB)
University of California - Davis. Agricultural Sciences.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Dispersion; Controls

Prevention and Control of Fowl Pox in Backyard Chicken Flocks
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.
Identification/Description; Controls

Poxviridae - The Big Picture Book of Viruses
Tulane University. Medicine. Garry Lab.
Taxonomy; Photograph (photomicrograph)

Avian Pox - Viral Diseases
Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
Identification/Description; Dispersion

Avipoxvirus - Invasive Species Compendium
Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI).
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

Poultry Diseases - Fowl Pox
Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Australia).
Identification/Description; Dispersion; Controls

Avipoxvirus (micro-organism) - ISSG Global Invasive Species Database
World Conservation Union. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Fowl Pox - Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals (2008; PDF | 64 KB)
World Organisation for Animal Health.
Identification/Description; Distribution; Controls

Organizations

Fowlpox in Chickens and Turkeys
Merck Veterinary Manual.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Controls

Avian Pox: A Disease That Can Affect Any Bird (PDF | 166 KB)
National Wild Turkey Federation.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Controls

Citations

Lebbin, D.J., M.J. Parr, and G.H. Fenwick. 2010. Avian malaria and pox. In: The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation. University of Chicago Press, p. 308.

Simberloff, D. and M. Rejmanek. 2010. Avian Pox. In: Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. University of California Press, p. 317.

USGS Biological Resources Division. 1999. Avian Pox (PDF | 848 KB) In: Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds. Information and Technology Report 1999–001.