MYCOBACTERIAL KERATITIS IN A PARROT

Citation
Km. Stanz et al., MYCOBACTERIAL KERATITIS IN A PARROT, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 206(8), 1995, pp. 1177-1180
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
ISSN journal
00031488
Volume
206
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1177 - 1180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1488(1995)206:8<1177:MKIAP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Histologic examination revealed acid-fast organisms in a granulomatous lesion involving the cornea of an eye of a Maximilian's Parrot. Disse minated mycobacteriosis was also diagnosed. Antemortem attempts at det ermining the cause of the corneal lesion had been unsuccessful. Ocular involvement in birds with avian tuberculosis is uncommon. The corneal lesion in the parrot was likely initiated by a dysfunctional third ey elid.