This study was conducted on domestic pigeons populations in
the provinces of Hama, Idlib and Latakia using several
conventional diagnostic techniques , including pathological
examination tests and agar gel immune diffusion test and isolation
on c
hicken embryo. The number of suspected birds to be
infected by pigeon pox through clinical symptoms and macroscopic
lesions were about 37 birds. we noticed the presence of lesions
in warts and scars on the nonfeather parts of the face and on the
corner of the mouth and eyelids and other areas of the body. the
most of these accompanied by the presence of the of defteric
lesions on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity.
The results showed that all birds suffered from the presence of
infection fowlpox through histological examination of skin and
difteric lesions. the results has been confirmation by agar gel
immune diffusion test. And we successfully isolated the virus that
caused the disease by injection on the Chorioallantoic membrane
of a chicken's egg fertilized SAN.
