title: Occurrences of candidiasis in a Fisher's lovebird and a budgerigar.
abstract: Two cage birds, a two-month-old Fisher's lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) and a one-year-old budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), manifested clinical symptoms with general weakness, loss of appetite and ruffled feathers, then died. Pathological findings revealed a large quantity of yellowish-white pseudomembrane on the mucosal membrane of the esophagus and crop in these two birds. Histopathologically, blastospores (5.5 microm long x 3.4 microm wide) and pseudohyphae were detected in the lesions of conspicuous parakeratosis and moderate acanthosis in the stratified squamous epithelium. These two birds were diagnosed as having had candidiasis.
authors.affiliation: Matsumoto Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D011563:Psittaciformes