Occurrence of Sarcocystis falcatula in Captive Psittacine Birds in Brazil

Silvia Neri Godoy; Catia Dejuste De Paula; Zalmir Silvino Cubas; Eliana Reiko Matushima; JoséLuiz Catão-Dias

doi:10.1647/2008-006R.1

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Silvia Neri Godoy,^* Catia Dejuste De Paula,^* Zalmir Silvino Cubas,^* Eliana Reiko Matushima,^* JoséLuiz Catão-Dias^*

^*From the Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 05508 270 (Godoy, De Paula, Matushima, Catão‐Dias); and Itaipu Binacional, Refúgio da Vida Silvestres, Av. Tancredo Neves, 6.731, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, 85866‐900 (Cubas). Present address (Godoy): Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, SQN 216 Bloco B, apto 518, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, 70.875‐020.

Abstract

Thirty-eight captive psittacine birds housed in a bird park in Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil, died within a 15-month period as a result of infection with Sarcocystis falcatula. Although fatalities affected 16 species of psittacine birds, mortality was highest in Old World species, which were most susceptible to the pulmonary form of sarcocystosis. Along with the pathologic findings of this disease outbreak, a review of the pathophysiology of sarcosporidiosis is presented.

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Silvia Neri Godoy, Catia Dejuste De Paula, Zalmir Silvino Cubas, Eliana Reiko Matushima, and JoséLuiz Catão-Dias "Occurrence of Sarcocystis falcatula in Captive Psittacine Birds in Brazil," Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 23(1), 18-23, (1 May 2009). https://doi.org/10.1647/2008-006R.1

Published: 1 May 2009

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