A review of aspergillosis in penguins
Publication Type: |
Thesis |
Year of Publication: |
2008 |
Authors: |
M. Orzechowski Xavier |
Publication/Journal: |
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Publisher: |
Brazil Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) |
Keywords: |
aspergillosis, captive penguins, penguins |
Abstract:
Aspergillosis is a rare disease in free-living penguins with little impact on the
reproductive colonies of these animals, corresponding to a mortality rate about 3%.
However, this disease shows a very different role when related to captive seabirds. In captivity, aspergillosis has been described in a great variety of penguin species and associated with stress, change in habitat, handling, injury or other concomitant diseases which promote a high susceptibility to primary infection with Aspergillus