Aspergillosis is a fungal infection that commonly causes respiratory disease in pet birds. It can cause both upper respiratory tract (nose, sinuses, eye, and trachea) and lower respiratory tract (lungs and air sacs—a specialized part of the respiratory tract in birds) disease and create secondary bacterial infections or internal organ disease.

Aspergillosis initially affects the air sacs because of the bird’s unique respiratory system. The fungus is nondiscriminatory—all species and ages and both sexes can be affected.

2022年2月25日 · Infection usually occurs when a stressed or immune-compromised bird encounters the fungal spores carrying the disease. Aspergillus can affect any species of bird, regardless of age or sex. Several parrot species are more predisposed to infection, and these include African Greys, amazons, and macaws.

What is aspergillosis in birds? Aspergillosis is a non-contagious fungal infection that commonly affects a wide range of domestic and wild birds by causing respiratory health problems or more distributed systemic diseases in them.

2021年1月4日 · It is a non-contagious respiratory disease caused by a fungal species known as Aspergillus that affects chickens, turkeys, ducks, waterfowl, and several different kinds of bird species. Young birds between seven and 40 days old are the most susceptible, although older immune-suppressed birds can also develop an infection.

Birds with acute aspergillosis have severe difficulty breathing, decreased or loss of appetite, frequent drinking and urination, cyanosis (a bluish coloration of mucous membranes and/or skin), and even sudden death.

Aspergillosis, a disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus, has been known to affect wild birds since the early 1800s when it was reported in a greater scaup. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common cause of aspergillosis in wild birds, but it can also be caused by A. flavus and A. niger.