Studies on pneumo-mycosis in birds

Studies were conducted on 2078 deadory sick cases of different birds species apparently affected \7i trh pne u-.mouy.Los Ls received froIl various Locatities in A,R~E G (2) The p os t--uor-tun picture of exanfne d birds was the pres,-, enc e bright greenish-yellow caseous nodules in the Lungs and air-sacs appearing as button uleers, pleuri tri.s and sk’i,n les ionspneUllonia and lung abscess! The pleura and air-sacs showed fibrinous reactions and Vascular Lyrap hocy tio s i.a ,(4) that )4-:6 ~b Ylere fungispecies and 45~4 % were yeast old yeast-like fangi The identi:f’icution of fungi revealed that; the nost pI’evalent spe~ies in all birds was A. funigatus t6a;:1 AFlavus and the least was A$ niger(5) Yeast an d yeast-like fungi were isolated fron the diff-·erant ’bird species. respectivly as follows : In ch.i ckens67.8 % yeast and 32.2 % yeast-like fungi, Pigeons 7L~l%