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Clinical Signs: 
nodules with scabs (head)
Morphologic diagnosis: 
Skin (eye and mouth): Mild locally extensive hyperplasia with hyperkeratosis.
Clinical description: 
This bird has cutaneous proliferative lesions around the eyes and mouth. These lesions can persist for about 3-4 weeks or longer and may interfere with normal functions, such as eating. In canaries, pox is associated with systemic infections and high mortality.
Pathologic description: 
The skin around the commissure of the beak and medial canthus of the eye is covered by poorly demarcated, coalescing, raised tan-yellow plaques of dry, crusty tissue.
Record number: 
7648
Case number: 
Unknown
Clinical form: 
Unknown
Infection type: 
Unknown
Housing/mgmnt type: 
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Priority: 
1
Image source URL: 
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/vet_avian/images/POX Adjusted/POX-026A.jpg
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