title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a canary (Serinus canana L.) and a blue-fronted Amazon parrot (Amazona amazona aestiva).
abstract: I report two cases of mycobacteriosis in pet birds due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and discuss the zoonotic implications. The canary with a tuberculous knot in the lung is the first description of M. tuberculosis in a nonpsittacine bird species.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Hoop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D002171:Canaries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010311:Parrots; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses