ATCC? Number:VR-111?
Classification: Poxviridae, Chordopoxvirinae, Avipoxvirus
Agent: Canarypox virus deposited as Canarypox virus, Avipoxvirus
Strain: Wheatley C93 [102]
Original Source: Scab on foot of canary, New Jersey, 1948
Depositors: SB Hitchner
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : chicken embryo, chorioallantoic membrane inoculation chicken embryo; chicken
Incubation : Duration: 3 days at 35C in chicken embryos
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes lesions on chorioallantoic membrane
Comments : Following cutaneous inoculation in canaries or passerine birds, typical pox lesions develop in the skin. Infection usually is fatal. Inoculation i. m. produces respiratory disease. Following cutaneous inoculation in canaries or passerine birds, typical pox lesions develop on the skin.
References : 32666: Beaudette FR. . 57th Ann. Proc. U.S. Livestock Sanitary Assoc. : 249, 1953.