An adult female budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) presented with abdominal enlargement. The condition of the bird deteriorated after needle aspiration for cytological examination. The budgerigar was euthanatized and a complete necropsy was performed. Microscopic sections were prepared and stained with hematoxylin and eosin, Gram staining, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and acid-fast staining. Escherichia coli was isolated in pure culture. Necropsy revealed the presence of granulomatous lesions of varying sizes at different locations and hepatomegaly, oviduct impaction and oophoritis. Histopathologically, typical granuloma with a central area of coagulation necrosis and bacterial colonies surrounded by lymphocytes, macrophages and multinucleated giant cells were found. These granulomas were present in the liver, oviduct and intestinal tract. A sheet of neoplastic cells and disruption of the normal hepatic architecture was seen. The diagnosis was lymphoid leucosis and coligranuloma.
Noori, M. , Gharagozloo, M. J. and Azarabad, H. (2011). Lymphoid Leucosis and Coligranoluma in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 5(1), 5-8. doi: 10.22059/ijvm.2011.22663
MLA
Noori, M. , , Gharagozloo, M. J. , and Azarabad, H. . "Lymphoid Leucosis and Coligranoluma in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)", Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 5, 1, 2011, 5-8. doi: 10.22059/ijvm.2011.22663
HARVARD
Noori, M., Gharagozloo, M. J., Azarabad, H. (2011). 'Lymphoid Leucosis and Coligranoluma in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)', Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 5(1), pp. 5-8. doi: 10.22059/ijvm.2011.22663
CHICAGO
M. Noori , M. J. Gharagozloo and H. Azarabad, "Lymphoid Leucosis and Coligranoluma in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)," Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 5 1 (2011): 5-8, doi: 10.22059/ijvm.2011.22663
VANCOUVER
Noori, M., Gharagozloo, M. J., Azarabad, H. Lymphoid Leucosis and Coligranoluma in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2011; 5(1): 5-8. doi: 10.22059/ijvm.2011.22663
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