title: Occurrence of Sarcocystis falcatula in captive psittacine birds in Brazil.
abstract: Thirty-eight captive psittacine birds housed in a bird park in Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil, died within a 15-month period as a result of infection with Sarcocystis falcatula. Although fatalities affected 16 species of psittacine birds, mortality was highest in Old World species, which were most susceptible to the pulmonary form of sarcocystosis. Along with the pathologic findings of this disease outbreak, a review of the pathophysiology of sarcosporidiosis is presented.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvia Neri
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.forename: Catia Dejuste
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: De Paula
authors.forename: Zalmir Silvino
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Cubas
authors.forename: Eliana Reiko
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Matushima
authors.forename: José Luiz
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Catão-Dias
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D011563:Psittaciformes; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*