Mycobacteriosis has long been recognized as a disease of companion psittacine birds. In
this review, the signalment, clinical signs of disease, and diagnosis of mycobacteriosis in …

To assess the importance of wild birds as a reservoir of zoonotic pathogens in Austria and
the Czech Republic, we sampled 1,325 wild birds representing 13 orders, 32 families, and …

Avian mycobacteriosis is important for animal and human health; wild birds play an
important role in mycobacterial species' ecology and movement. This review was aimed at …

The causative agents of avian mycobacteriosis in pet birds are rarely identified. The aim of
this study is to add information about the etiology of avian mycobacteriosis. The identification …

Mycobacterium genavense is regarded as the primary cause of mycobacteriosis in
psittaciform and passeriform birds, which are commonly kept as pets. In humans …

Psittacine, passerine, and columbiform birds are among the most popular groups of avian
species kept as pets. Fortunately, zoonotic transmission of disease from these species is …

Culture is considered the gold standard for definitive diagnosis of mycobacterial infections.
However, consensus about the most suitable culture procedure for isolation of …

Infectious disease is often thought of as a war against microbes. Koch's postulates,
established in 1844, stipulated that a pathogen must be found in diseased but not healthy …

Background Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) causes a chronic infectious in the birds
known as avian mycobacteriosis. Almost all species of the birds are susceptible to MAC …

Mycobacterium avium is the most commonly encountered mycobacterium species among
non-Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (nontuberculous mycobacteria) isolates …