Pulmonary Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus flavus Infection in a Captive Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus )

A 2-year-old captive, male Eclectus parrot ( Eclectus roratus ), with a previous history of neurologic signs epis odes, was found dead in its cage without premonitory sign s in a private aviary. At necropsy, yellow and case ous nodules were observed in the lungs. Microscopically, the nodules were composed of granulomas that had a necrotic center with intralesional hyphae typical of Aspergillus spp. and a peripheral inflammatory cell response co mposed of macrophages and multinucleated giant cells. The mycologic culture a llowed the isolation and identification of A. flavus from lung samples. The gross and microscopic lesions, in combination with the mycologic identification provided the diagn osis of pulmonary