Some unusual diseases in the birds of Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

The following unusual diseases were diagnosed in birds submitted to the Veterinary Research Institute, Victoria, between 1978 and 1987: the viral diseases beak and feather disease of psittacines, infectious laryngotracheitis in peafowls, a papovavirus-like inclusion body disease in psittacines, and pox; chlamydiosis; the bacterial diseases actinomycosis, listeriosis and mycobacteriosis; the fungal diseases favus, yeast infections and systemic zygomycosis; the protozoan diseases cryptosporidiosis, hexamitiasis, suspected leucocytozoonosis, sarcosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis and an unidentified protozoan-like organism which caused pneumonia in ducks; a variety of parasites; the metabolic disorders curled-toe paralysis in pheasant poults, encephalomalacia and parenchymatous goitre; toxicity due to dimetridazole and the ingestion of the leaves of the tobacco tree; and other non-infectious conditions including asphyxiation, burns, cataracts, cerebellar degeneration and atrophy, cystic right oviducts and exertional rhabdomyolysis.

• Authors: R L Reece, P C Scott, D A Barr
• Journal: The Veterinary record (Vet Rec) Vol. 130 Issue 9 Pg. 178-85 (Feb 29 1992) ISSN: 0042-4900 [Print] England
• PMID: 1566552 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Animals
• Asphyxia (epidemiology, veterinary)
• Bacterial Infections (epidemiology, veterinary)
• Bird Diseases (epidemiology)
• Birds
• Cerebellar Diseases (epidemiology, veterinary)
• Metabolic Diseases (epidemiology, veterinary)
• Mucormycosis (epidemiology, veterinary)
• Parasitic Diseases (epidemiology)
• Parasitic Diseases, Animal
• Poisoning (epidemiology, veterinary)
• Protozoan Infections (epidemiology)
• Protozoan Infections, Animal
• Rhabdomyolysis (epidemiology, veterinary)
• Victoria (epidemiology)
• Virus Diseases (epidemiology, veterinary)