Occurrence of Sarcocystis falcatula in captive psittacine birds in Brazil.
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.
Godoy
Silvia Neri
SN
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.
De Paula
Catia Dejuste
CD
Cubas
Zalmir Silvino
ZS
Matushima
Eliana Reiko
ER
Catão-Dias
José Luiz
JL
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*