PROVENTRICULAR DILATATION DISEASE (PDD) AND MEGAESOPHAGUS IN A BLUE-FRONTED AMAZON PARROT (AMAZONA AESTIVA) – CASE REPORT

Authors

  • Guilherme Augusto Marietto- Gonçalves
  • Marcella Zampoli Troncarelli
  • Júlio Lopes Sequeira
  • Raphael Lucio Andreatti Filho

Keywords:

proventricular dilatation disease, megaesophagus, blue-fronted amazon parrot, ornithopathology

Abstract

The present article relates the occurrence of Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD) in a 20 years old Blue-Fronted Amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva). The bird was raised in captivity and was examined at the Ornitopathology Laboratory of Sao Paulo State University’s Veterinarian Hospital, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The parrot clinically presented regurgitation, tremors and dyspnea. This is the first case of PDD followed by megaesophagus in a Blue-Fronted Amazon parrot (Aaestiva). This pathological case was not described in birds at all.

Published

2023-03-17

How to Cite

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Gonçalves GAM-, Troncarelli MZ, Sequeira JL, Andreatti Filho RL. PROVENTRICULAR DILATATION DISEASE (PDD) AND MEGAESOPHAGUS IN A BLUE-FRONTED AMAZON PARROT (AMAZONA AESTIVA) – CASE REPORT. RVZ [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 17 [cited 2024 May 15];16(1):69-73. Available from: https://rvz.emnuvens.com.br/rvz/article/view/1301

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