Wylie S L, Pass D A
School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
Aust Vet J. 1989 Oct;66(10):321-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1989.tb09716.x.
An enteric infection in cockatoos associated with a 30 nm diameter enterovirus-like agent seen in faeces and intestinal epithelial cells is described. The disease is characterised by intractable, profuse, mucoid diarrhoea, weight loss, dehydration and death. Lesions in the intestine consist of villous atrophy, villous fusion, enterocyte hyperplasia and, in some cases, chronic inflammation. Affected birds so far examined have concurrent psittacine beak and feather disease.
描述了一种凤头鹦鹉的肠道感染，在粪便和肠道上皮细胞中发现了一种直径为30纳米的类似肠道病毒的病原体。该疾病的特征是顽固性、大量、黏液性腹泻、体重减轻、脱水和死亡。肠道病变包括绒毛萎缩、绒毛融合、肠上皮细胞增生，在某些情况下还包括慢性炎症。到目前为止，接受检查的患病鸟类同时患有鹦鹉喙羽病。
