Case report: Lipoma in a budgerigar [Melopisittacus undulates]

ABSTRACT

To determine the identity and the cause ofmasses infiltrated in the most part of the body of abudgerigar. Case report. A pair of budgerigars [Melopisittacus undulates], living together and using the same diet for 4years, were presented to the Birds Clinic of PoultryDiseases Section, Department of Clinical Sciences, Facultyof Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran. Clinical examination, radiography, necropsy,gross and histopathological observations. The male bird had no obvious health problem butthe female one demonstrated dyspnea, abnormal growth ofthe beak and the presence of hard and elevated masses inthe thoracic and abdominal area. Radiography revealed thepresence of masses infiltrated in the most part of the bodyand in particular at the opening of the thoracic andabdominal cavities. Due to critical condition of the femalebird and at its owner consent, the bird was euthanatized andnecropsied. Yellow-colored masses with a relatively hardstructure at the opening of the thoracic and abdominalcavities and soft fat tissues in the other parts of the body [including underarm and inguinal area] were observed innecropsy. Histological examination of the masses wasdiagnosed as lipoma