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1 September 2007 Lymphoplasmacytic Myenteric, Subepicardial, and Pulmonary Ganglioneuritis in Four Nonpsittacine Birds
David Perpiñán, Hugo Fernández-Bellon, Carlos López, Antoni Ramis
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Abstract

A disease condition with clinical and pathologic findings compatible with psittacine proventricular dilatation disease was diagnosed in a canary (Serinus canaria), a greenfinch (Carduelis chloris), a long-wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger), and a bearded barbet (Lybius dubius). The canary and the greenfinch were kept as pets by different owners, whereas the bearded barbet and the long-wattled umbrellabird were kept in separate mixed species enclosures at the Barcelona Zoo. Clinical signs were variable in all 4 birds and included polyphagia, weight loss, weakness, and ataxia. Postmortem examination findings were also variable and included emaciation, hepatic and renal atrophy or enlargement, gallbladder dilatation, and intestinal and ventricular dilatation. Histopathologic lesions in all birds consisted of multifocal lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of myenteric and cardiac nerves and ganglia. These lesions are characteristic of proventricular dilatation disease of psittacine birds.

David Perpiñán, Hugo Fernández-Bellon, Carlos López, and Antoni Ramis "Lymphoplasmacytic Myenteric, Subepicardial, and Pulmonary Ganglioneuritis in Four Nonpsittacine Birds," Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 21(3), 210-214, (1 September 2007). https://doi.org/10.1647/1082-6742(2007)21[210:LMSAPG]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 September 2007
KEYWORDS
Avian
barbet
canary
Carduelis chloris
Cephalopterus penduliger
Greenfinch
Lybius dubius
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