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Grosset C, Wellehan JF, Owens SD, et al. Intraerythrocytic iridovirus in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). J Vet Diagn Invest. 2014;26(3):354-364doi: 10.1177/1040638714534851.
Grosset, C., Wellehan, J. F., Owens, S. D., McGraw, S., Gaffney, P. M., Foley, J., Childress, A. L., Yun, S., Malm, K., Groff, J. M., Paul-Murphy, J., & Weber, E. S. (2014). Intraerythrocytic iridovirus in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, 26(3), 354-364. https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638714534851
Grosset, Claire, et al. "Intraerythrocytic iridovirus in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)." Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc vol. 26,3 (2014): 354-364. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638714534851
Grosset C, Wellehan JF, Owens SD, McGraw S, Gaffney PM, Foley J, Childress AL, Yun S, Malm K, Groff JM, Paul-Murphy J, Weber ES. Intraerythrocytic iridovirus in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). J Vet Diagn Invest. 2014 May;26(3):354-364. doi: 10.1177/1040638714534851. Epub 2014 May 22. PMID: 24855223.
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J Vet Diagn Invest. 2014 May;26(3):354-364. doi: 10.1177/1040638714534851. Epub 2014 May 22.

Intraerythrocytic iridovirus in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps).

Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc

Claire Grosset, James F X Wellehan, Sean D Owens, Sabrina McGraw, Patricia M Gaffney, Janet Foley, April L Childress, Susan Yun, Kirsten Malm, Joseph M Groff, Joanne Paul-Murphy, E Scott Weber

Affiliations

  1. William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CADepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CADepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CADepartment of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress).
  2. William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CADepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CADepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CADepartment of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress) [email protected].

PMID: 24855223 DOI: 10.1177/1040638714534851

Abstract

Three adult central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) originating from a commercial breeding facility presented with clinical signs, including anorexia, dehydration, white multifocal lesions on the dorsal aspect of the tongue, blepharospasm, and weight loss. In 1 of 3 lizards, a marked regenerative anemia was noted, and all 3 bearded dragons had erythrocytic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Nine bearded dragons housed in contact also had identical, but fewer intraerythrocytic inclusions. Inclusion bodies examined by electron microscopy had particles consistent with iridoviruses. Attempts to culture the virus were unsuccessful; however, amplification and sequencing of regions of the viral DNA polymerase by polymerase chain reaction confirmed the presence of an iridovirus. One of the bearded dragons died, while the 2 others showing clinical signs were euthanized. The remaining 9 infected bearded dragons of the teaching colony were also euthanized. Postmortem examination revealed a moderate, multifocal, lymphoplasmacytic or mononuclear adenitis of the tongue in the 3 bearded dragons, and a lymphohistiocytic hepatitis with bacterial granulomas in 2 lizards.

© 2014 The Author(s).

Keywords: Pogona vitticeps ; Bearded dragons; intraerythrocytic inclusion bodies; iridovirus

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