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Table 1 Avian viruses with skin-tropism

From: Interactions between avian viruses and skin in farm birds

Virus family

Virus genus

Virus species including common names

Host species

Disease

DNA

Polyomaviridae

Polyomavirus

Goose hemorrhagic polyomavirus (GHPV)

Goose

Haemorrhagic nephritis enteritis

Polyomavirus

Avian polyomavirus (APV)/Budgerigar fledgling disease virus (BFDV)

Parrot

Budgerigar fledgling disease also called Avian polyomavirus infection, non budgerigar polyoma infection

Papillomaviridae

Papillomavirus

Fringalla Coelebs papillomavirus 1 (FcPV1), Pygoscelis adeliae Papillomavirus 1, PaPV-1, psittacus erithtacus, papillomavirus 1 (PePV-1) …

Parrot, wild birds

Cutaneous lesions, tumors

Parvoviridae

Dependoparvovirus

Anseriform dependoparvovirus 1

Muscovy duck, mule, Peking duck and goose

Derzsy's disease

Parvovirus

Goose Parvovirus (GPV)

Goose, duck (muscovy)

Derzsy's disease

Poxviridae

Avipoxvirus

Fowlpox (FPV)

Chicken

Dry pox or wet pox

Turkeypox virus (TPV)

Turkey

Goosepox (HGP)

Goose

Herpesviridae

Mardivirus

Gallid herpesvirus type 2 (GaHV2)/Marek disease virus (MDV)

Chicken

Marek Disease (MD)

Mealagrid herpesvirus (MeHV1)/Turkey herpesvirus (HVT)

Chicken, turkey

Not pathogenic

Gallid herpesvirus type 3 (GaHV3)

Chicken

Not pathogenic

Iltovirus

Gallid herpesvirus type 1 (GaHV1)/Infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV)

Chicken

Infectious laryngotracheitis

Circoviridae and Anelloviridae

Circovirus

Goose circovirus (GoCV)

Goose

Immunosuppression, feathers disorders

Duck circovirus (DuCV)

Duck

Immunosuppression, feathers disorders

Psittacine beak and feather disease virus (BFDV)

Parrot, Psittacine birds

Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease

Gyrovirus

Chicken anemia virus (CAV)

Chicken

Chicken infectious anemia disease

RNA

Retroviridae

Alpharetrovirus

Avian leukosis virus (ALV)

chicken

Immunosuppression, leukaemia-like proliferative diseases

Gammaretrovirus

Reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV)

chicken, turkey, duck, goose and quail

Immunosuppression, cell lymphomas, feathers disorders, “Nakanuke” disease

Orthomyxoviridae

Alphainfluenzavirus

Avian Influenza type A virus

Duck (domestic, waterfowl), goose, chicken, turkey

Avian Flu

Highly pathogenic viruses (HPAIV) (H5N8, H5N1…)

Low pathogenic viruses (LPAIV) (of all H and N subtypes)

Flaviviridae

Flavivirus

West Nile Virus (WNV)

Birds

Encephalitis and other neurological disorders

Usutu virus (USUV)

Birds

Severe neurological disorders

Duck Tembusu virus (DTMUV)

Duck

Egg drop syndrome, neurological disorders