Vol. 15 No. 7 (2000): July
Case Report

Pasteurellosis in cage birds at Zoological Park, Jaipur

Published 2000-07-21

Abstract

Postmortem examination of eight deand birds in Jaipur Zoo revealed the cause of nortality as pneumonia.  The blood and visceral organ samples cultured revealed the presene of five bacterial species.  Stress manifestation in birds in the form of pneumonic or generalized septicaemia due to pasteurellosis is a common occurence as reported by many workers before and in this paper.