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Disseminated avian tuberculosis in captive Ara macao
Date
2008Registration in:
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, Botucatu, v. 1, n. 1, p. 28-31, 2008
1983-0246
1413-9596
Author
SOUSA, Eliane
MOMO, Cláudia
COSTA, Taiana P.
PINHEIRO, Sônia Regina
WERTHER, Karin
Institutions
Abstract
Avian mycobacteriosis was diagnosed in a captive scarlet macaw (Ara macao) that presented multifocal granulomas on subcutaneous tissue, sciatic nerves, infraorbital sinus, trachea, air sacs, muscles, spleen and liver. Microscopically, central areas of caseous necrosis surrounded by epithelioid macrophage, multinucleated giant cells, and lymphocytes were observed. Acid-fast bacilli were demonstrated by Ziehl-Neelsen stain. Inoculation into Löwenstein-Jensen, Stonebrink and Petragnani media, yielded Mycobacterium spp, which was identified as Mycobacterium avium by polymerase chain reaction technique (PCR)