Marques Gonçalo N, Cota João B, Leal Miriam O, Silva Nuno U, Flanagan Carla A, Crosta Lorenzo, Tavares Luís, Oliveira Manuela
Zoomarine Portugal, E.N. 125, Km 65, 8201-864 Guia, Portugal.
CIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Jun 30;12(13):1699. doi: 10.3390/ani12131699.
Several fungi species are reported to act as opportunistic agents of infection in avian species. After the isolation of spp., a dematiaceous fungal pathogen associated with a mucosal lesion in a military macaw (), samples were collected from another 24 birds of the order Psittaciformes to study the possibility of spp. being part of the commensal microbiota of these animals or its possible association with other clinical conditions. Swab samples were collected from the trachea and/or choanae of the birds and inoculated in Sabouraud chloramphenicol agar for fungal isolation. After incubation, fungal species were identified through their macroscopic and microscopic morphology. The presence of spp. was identified in 15 of the 25 birds sampled and no statistical association was found between the clinical record of the birds and the fungal isolation. Our results suggest that spp. can colonize the upper respiratory airways of psittaciform birds and has a low pathogenic potential in these animals. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of spp. isolation from samples of the upper respiratory tract of Psittaciformes.
据报道，有几种真菌物种可作为禽类的机会性感染病原体。在分离出与一只军金刚鹦鹉（）的黏膜病变相关的暗色真菌病原体 spp. 后，从另外24只鹦形目鸟类中采集样本，以研究 spp. 作为这些动物共生微生物群一部分的可能性或其与其他临床病症的可能关联。从鸟类的气管和/或后鼻孔采集拭子样本，并接种在沙氏氯霉素琼脂上进行真菌分离。培养后，通过宏观和微观形态鉴定真菌物种。在采样的25只鸟中的15只中鉴定出了 spp. 的存在，并且在鸟类的临床记录与真菌分离之间未发现统计学关联。我们的结果表明，spp. 可以在鹦形目鸟类的上呼吸道定植，并且在这些动物中的致病潜力较低。据作者所知，这是首次从鹦形目上呼吸道样本中分离出 spp. 的报告。
