fowlpox

fowlpox
fowl·pox (foulґpoks) a contagious disease of domestic poultry and birds due to a poxvirus; characteristics include epithelial nodules on unfeathered areas of skin, especially the wattles, comb, and legs, sometimes with membranous lesions in the respiratory passages.

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