Air sac and renal mucormycosis in an African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

C O Dawson; E B Wheeldon; P E McNeil

Air sac and renal mucormycosis in an African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

Avian Dis. 1976 Jul-Sep;20(3):593-600.

Authors

C O Dawson, E B Wheeldon, P E McNeil

PMID: 962764

Abstract

A case of mucormycosis in an African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus) involving air sac and kidney is described. The causal fungus, Absidia corymbifera, had produced sporangia in the air-sac lesion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Air Sacs / microbiology*
Animals
Bird Diseases / microbiology*
Kidney / microbiology*
Male
Mucormycosis / microbiology
Mucormycosis / veterinary*
Parrots*
Psittaciformes*
Spores, Fungal