Encephalitozoonosis in a parrot.
Encephalitozoon infection was diagnosed in a double yellow-headed Amazon parrot, Amazona ochrocephala. Illness was characterized by respiratory distress, decreased appetite, diarrhea, and weight loss. This gram-positive organism was present in renal tubules, intestine, and lungs. Ultrastructural features consisted of 5 polar filament coils and a single nucleus. Organisms were contained within parasitophorous vacuoles in cytoplasm of the renal tubular epithelium.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009670:Encephalitozoon cuniculi / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010311:Parrots; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D011563:Psittaciformes