UNUSUAL DISEASE CONDITIONS IN PET AND AVIARY BIRDS

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 178  (4) , 394-395
Abstract
Mortality (90-100%) in budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) nestlings from 2 aviaries was attributed to giardiasis. Treatment with dimetridazole in drinking water was effective in controlling mortality. Aeromonas hydrophila infection, incriminated in acute deaths of aviary canaries, (Serinus canarius) was successfully treated with chlortetracycline. A. hydrophila also was isolated in pure culture from a toucan (Ramphastos toco) with acute nephrosis and a cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) with chlamydiosis (psittacosis). Coccidiosis associated with hemorrhagic enteritis, diarrhea and mortality was diagnosed in budgerigars originating from 3 aviaries. Sporulated oocysts from 1 group of budgerigars were identified as Eimeria sp. Sulfamethazine in drinking water was an effective treatment.

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