RHIZOMUCOR-PUSILLUS MUCORMYCOSIS COMBINED WITH CHLAMYDIOSIS IN AN AFRICAN GREY PARROT (PSITTACUS ERITHACUS ERITHACUS)

This paper describes a case of mucormycosis combined with chlamydiosis in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus). The clinic al signs included diarrhoea, an unsteady gait and a twisted neck, Smea rs of the spleen, liver and contents of the cloaca stained strongly po sitive for Chlamydia species. Histologically, hyphae typical of Zygomy cetes were observed invading through the walls of blood vessels of the spleen. Rhizomucor pusillus was isolated as a pure culture from the i ntestines, lungs and liver.