Occurrences of candidiasis in a Fisher's lovebird and a budgerigar.
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.
Sato
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Matsumoto Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Nagano, Japan.
Aoyagi
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Kobayashi
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Inoue
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J
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