Oxyspiruriasis in zoo birds.
Oxyspiruriasis caused by the bird eyeworm, Oxyspirura mansoni, a thelaziid   nematode, in three species of pheasants, 3 Chrysolophus pictus (golden pheasant), 7 Lophura   nycthemera (silver pheasant) and 9 Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) in Zoo Negara   Malaysia are reported. Birds with the disease were treated with a solution of 0.5% iodine or   0.5% lysol. Antistress powder for 4 days in water and non-strep vitamin powder in water was   also provided. Control measures included removal of the cockroach intermediate host,   Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Surinam cockroach) from the vicinity of the birds. The golden   pheasant is a new host for O. mansoni in peninsular Malaysia.
Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. vellayan@yahoo.com
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D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000469:parasitology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D003408:Cresols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D046094:Galliformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D007455:Iodine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017174:Spirurida / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
D003408:Cresols; C045926:Lysol; D007455:Iodine