title: Acute septicaemic Pasteurella multocida infection in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus timneh) after a bite from a pet rat (Rattus norvegicus).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine, Small Animal Clinic, State University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lumeij
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Westerhof