Air sac and renal mucormycosis in an African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus).
A case of mucormycosis in an African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus) involving air sac and kidney is described. The causal fungus, Absidia corymbifera, had produced sporangia in the air-sac lesion.
D000400:Air Sacs / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010311:Parrots; D011563:Psittaciformes; D013172:Spores, Fungal