Hemochromatosis was diagnosed at postmortem examination of 5 birds, representing 3 species of lories, including 2 Duyvenbode's lories (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei), 2 black lories (Chalcopsitta atra), and 1 rainbow lory (Trichoglossus haematodus). All 5 birds were housed in the same zoological collection and were fed the same commercially available lory nectar. Classic histopathologic lesions, consistent with hemochromatosis, were observed in all 5 birds. Increased iron concentrations were detected in the nectar diet (1450 ppm) and in the sample of liver (3500–7600 ppm) of affected birds.
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1 December 2001
Hemochromatosis in Several Species of Lories With High Dietary Iron
Gary D. West,
Michael M. Garner,
Patricia A. Talcott
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 15 • No. 4
December 2001
Vol. 15 • No. 4
December 2001
Avian
black lory
Chalcopsitta atra
Chalcopsitta duivenbodei
dietary iron
Duyvenbode's lory
hemochromatosis