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MeSH Heading: Fowlpox
Tree Number(s): C01.925.256.743.366; C22.131.321
Unique ID: D005586
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005586
Annotation: caused by a poxvirus; don't forget also BIRDS or POULTRY (NIM) & check tag ANIMALS
Scope Note: A poxvirus infection of poultry and other birds characterized by the formation of wart-like nodules on the skin and diphtheritic necrotic masses (cankers) in the upper digestive and respiratory tracts.
Entry Term(s): Bird Pox; Birdpox; Epithelioma Contagiosum; Fowl Diphtheria; Fowl Pox; Variola Avium
Previous Indexing: Poultry Diseases (1966-1969); Poxvirus Infections (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 94; was FOWL POX 1970-93; BIRDPOX was BIRD POX see FOWL POX 1970-93
Online Note: use FOWLPOX to search BIRD POX & FOWL POX 1970-93
History Note: 94; was FOWL POX 1970-93; BIRDPOX was BIRD POX see FOWL POX 1970-93
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008794
Scope Note: A poxvirus infection of poultry and other birds characterized by the formation of wart-like nodules on the skin and diphtheritic necrotic masses (cankers) in the upper digestive and respiratory tracts.
Terms: Fowlpox Preferred Term
Term UI T016935
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1970); Epithelioma Contagiosum
Term UI T016933
Date06/16/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Fowl Diphtheria
Term UI T016934
Date06/16/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Fowl Pox
Term UI T016937
Date04/08/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Variola Avium
Term UI T016936
Date06/16/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990)

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