MYCOTIC RHINITIS IN AN OSTRICH

A 2-year-old female ostrich had become gradually emaciated over a 4-mo nth period and subsequently died. Gross necropsy revealed a granulomat ous mass ailing the right nasal passageways. Microscopically, the mass contained numerous thin, regular-diameter, septate, branching fungal hyphae consistent with Aspergillus sp. and foreign plant material. Thi s appears to be the first report of a mycotic granuloma limited to the nasal cavities of an ostrich or any other ratite species.