[Mycobacteriosis of ornamental birds--frequency, pathologo-anatomic, histologic and microbiologic data]. / Die Mykobakteriose des Ziervogels--Häufigkeit, pathologisch-anatomische, histologische und mikrobiologische Befunde.

Mycobacteriosis was diagnosed in 146 (3.8%) of 3801 necropsied pet birds between 1986 und 1991. Gross changes in 62 pet birds with histologically and culturally confirmed mycobacteriosis were predominantly enlargement of liver and spleen and thickening of intestinal walls. Three histological patterns could be observed: granulomas, sheet-like proliferations of mycobacteria-laden epithelioid cells and single scattered macrophages filled with acid-fast bacteria. Mycobacteria grew in 27 (43.6%) of 62 cultures, but the species could only be identified in 13 (21.0%) cases (5 x M. avium-Complex, 3 x M. genavense, 2 x M. fortuitum, 1 x M. gordonae, 1 x M. nonchromogenicum and 1 x M. tuberculosis). The significance of mycobacteriosis in pet birds as a zoonosis remains to be determined.

[10 years of rabbit autopsy--a review of frequent disease and mortality causes]. / 10 Jahre Kaninchensektionen--Eine Ubersicht häufiger Krankheits- und Abgangsursachen.

Between 1982 and 1991 3403 diseased and dead rabbits from the field were dissected. The most important findings were intestinal coccidiosis (24.1%), dysentery (20.5%), liver coccidiosis (6.9%), mucoid enteritis (5.0%), acute pasteurellosis (4.2%), pneumonia (4.0%), rhinitis (3.6%) and adiposis (3.3%). The incidence of these diseases is similar to the most important rabbit diseases in other European countries. Short recommendations on prophylactic and therapeutic measures are given.