Acute septicaemic Pasteurella multocida infection in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus timneh) after a bite from a pet rat (Rattus norvegicus).
P. multocida infections in man and birds as a sequel to animal bites are reviewed and a case report is presented of a fatal P. multocida septicaemia in a parrot after a bite from a pet rat. The need for immediate intravenous or intramuscular treatment of birds with a penicillin after bites from all mammals is stressed.
Lumeij
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Department of Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine, Small Animal Clinic, State University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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