What is your diagnosis? Impression smear from the uropygial gland of an African Gray Parrot

Vet Clin Pathol. 2019 Mar;48(1):140-142. doi: 10.1111/vcp.12696. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Authors

Lisa J Schlein¹, Kathryn L Wycislo¹, Kenneth R Welle², Anne M Barger¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
² Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.

PMID: 30624793
DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12696

No abstract available

Keywords: cytology; feather dust; powder down; psittacine; skin; yeast.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bird Diseases / diagnosis*
Bird Diseases / microbiology
Dermatomycoses / diagnosis
Dermatomycoses / microbiology
Dermatomycoses / veterinary*
Feathers / microbiology
Feathers / pathology
Female
Malassezia*
Parrots
Sebaceous Glands / cytology
Sebaceous Glands / microbiology
Sebaceous Glands / pathology*