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28 July 2020 Captive Psittacines with Chlamydia avium Infection
Florine Popelin-Wedlarski, Alexia Roux, Rachid Aaziz, Fabien Vorimore, Pierre Lagourette, Manuela Crispo, Nicole Borel, Karine Laroucau
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Abstract

Avian chlamydiosis is an infection caused by obligate intracellular, gram-negative bacteria belonging to the Chlamydiaceae family. Birds can be hosts of several Chlamydia species, including Chlamydia avium, which has only been detected in pigeons and psittacine birds. In this study, depression, respiratory distress, and mortality were noted among psittacines belonging to a large aviary with 35 different avian species. On the basis of immunohistochemistry and PCR testing, chlamydiosis was diagnosed in affected birds. Gross and histopathologic lesions were mainly observed in the spleen and gastrointestinal tract. Chlamydia avium was detected in four psittacines by PCR, including two dead birds and two individuals exhibiting respiratory distress. Increased aspartate aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase values and anemia were consistently identified in affected birds. Administration of doxycycline, combined with hepatoprotectors and vitamins, was effective in stopping mortality and bacterial shedding.

Florine Popelin-Wedlarski, Alexia Roux, Rachid Aaziz, Fabien Vorimore, Pierre Lagourette, Manuela Crispo, Nicole Borel, and Karine Laroucau "Captive Psittacines with Chlamydia avium Infection," Avian Diseases 64(4), 542-546, (28 July 2020). https://doi.org/10.1637/aviandiseases-D20-00043
Received: 23 April 2020; Accepted: 28 July 2020; Published: 28 July 2020
KEYWORDS
aviary
Chlamydia avium
psittacine birds
treatment
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