A 5-year-old intact male silky bantam chicken was presented for chronic epidermal cysts within the comb. Results of diagnostic tests and histopathologic examination of biopsy specimens demonstrated epidermal cysts associated with Aspergillus fumigatus and Alternaria species. Physical removal of the cysts and treatment with systemic itraconazole and topical miconazole resolved the lesions.
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1 June 2002
Treatment of Epidermal Cysts Associated With Aspergillus fumigatus and Alternaria Species in a Silky Bantam Chicken
Wm Kirk Suedmeyer,
Alex J. Bermudez,
William H. Fales
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 16 • No. 2
June 2002
Vol. 16 • No. 2
June 2002
Alternaria
Aspergillus fumigatus
Avian
epidermal cysts
itraconazole
silky bantam chicken