Penicilliosis in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2011 Jun;42(2):309-12. doi: 10.1638/2009-0185.1.

Abstract

Penicillium mycosis, or penicilliosis, is rare in animals. This report describes the clinical signs and pathological, immunohistochemical, and biomolecular findings in a case of avian penicilliosis in a Congo African grey parrot. On gross necropsy, pyogranulomatous changes were identified in the lung, liver, and kidney. Histopathology demonstrated periodic acid Schiff-(PAS) and Grocott-positive hyphae in these tissues. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the genus of the fungus and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed a high homology with Penicillium chrysogenum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / microbiology*
  • Bird Diseases / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Liver / pathology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Mycoses / veterinary*
  • Parrots*
  • Penicillium / isolation & purification*