Publikationsdatenbank

Systemic listeriosis in caged canaries (Serinus canarius) (2008)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Akanbi, O.B.

Breithaupt, A.

Polster, U.

Alter, T.

Quandt, A.

Bracke, A.

Teifke, J.P.

Quelle

Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A

Bandzählung: 37

Heftzählung: 3

Seiten: 329 – 332

ISSN: 0307-9457

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1080/03079450802050697

Kontakt

Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit und -hygiene

Königsweg 69
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62551 / 52790
lebensmittelhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de / fleischhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

The occurrence of listeriosis in 12 caged canaries is described where 50% of the birds, including the female and all of the offspring, died within 2 weeks without clinical signs. At necropsy, multifocal necrotizing and partly granulomatous hepatitis, splenitis, myocarditis, interstitial nephritis, and exudative pericarditis with intra-lesional Listeria monocytogenes were the predominant findings as shown by histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Microbiology, serology and polymerase chain reaction revealed L. monocytogenes serotype 1/2a as the causative agent. Thus listeriosis has to be considered in the differential diagnosis for granulomas associated with mycobacteriosis, yersiniosis, coligranulomatosis or fungal infections.