[Spinocellular epithelioma of the skin: etiology of the eczema syndrome in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and lovebirds (Agapornis sp.)].

Squamous cell carcinoma in the axilla, unilaterally as well as bilaterally, is described pathologically in three love-birds and two budgerigars. The deep, hemorrhagic ulceration with secondary bacterial and/or mycotic infection corresponds to the "EMA-Syndrome".