Britt J O, Howard E B, Rosskopf W J
Cornell Vet. 1980 Jul;70(3):218-25.
Two cases of tuberculosis in psittacine birds were reported and the literature reviewed. One case was in a parakeet and this species was reported to be resistant to mycobacterial infection. No other case of parakeet tuberculosis was found in the literature. The other case was in a parrot. Historically, tuberculosis in parrots was common in European aviary collections, but case reports in the United States were few. The disease in parrots is of zoonotic interest, as they are unique among birds in being susceptible to mammalian strains of mycobacteria. The tuberculomatous aspect of the intestinal lesion in the parrot case described was unusual.
报告了两例鹦鹉鸟类结核病病例并对文献进行了综述。一例发生在长尾小鹦鹉身上，据报道该物种对分枝杆菌感染具有抗性。文献中未发现其他长尾小鹦鹉结核病病例。另一例发生在鹦鹉身上。从历史上看，鹦鹉结核病在欧洲鸟类饲养场中很常见，但在美国的病例报告很少。鹦鹉身上的这种疾病具有人畜共患病的意义，因为它们在鸟类中独一无二，容易感染哺乳动物菌株的分枝杆菌。所描述的鹦鹉病例中肠道病变的结核瘤样表现并不常见。
