PYOGRANULOMATOUS ENCEPHALITIS AND HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH A SALMONELLA SEPTICEMIA IN AN AFRICAN GRAY PARROT

An African grey parrot with a head tilt and left leg paralysis was dia gnosed as having a Salmonella typhimurium infection from clinical sign s, supporting laboratory work, and the growth of this bacteria from a cloacal swab. The bird's condition stabilized on treatment, but it eve ntually developed seizures and died. A necropsy and histopathology rev ealed two large granulomatous lesions in the brain with necrosis and p erivascular cuffing and scattered pyogranulomas in the liver