Canarypox virus

thumb|Canary bird (Serinus canaria) with its typical yellow colouration.

Canarypox virus (CNPV) is an Avipoxvirus and etiologic agent of canarypox, a disease of wild and captive birds that can cause significant losses. Canarypox can enter human cells, but it cannot survive and multiply in human cells. There is a live viral vaccine available which may have beneficial properties against human cancer when used as a mammalian expression vector. (ATCvet code: ). Furthermore, the Poximune C vaccine does offer direct protection against CNPV in susceptible birds.