Severe beak deformity in Melopsittacus undulatus caused by Knemidocoptes pilae

Authors

PEDRO MARÍA ALARCÓN ELBAL
VICTOR JESUS CARMONA SALIDO
JOSÉ MARÍN SÁNCHEZ MURILLO
RAFAEL CALERO BERNAL
JAVIER LUCIENTES CURDI

DOI

10.3906/vet-1311-36

Abstract

An outbreak of knemidocoptic mange caused by Knemidocoptes pilae is described in caged Australian budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) in a public park in L´Eliana (Valencia, Spain). Five individuals (5 out of 70) displayed severe malformation of the beak, with the rhamphotheca, rhinotheca, and gnathotheca affected and a slight lateral deviation of the jawbone, which did not, however, impede feeding or grooming.

Keywords

Knemidocoptes pilae, mange, Melopsittacus undulatus, abnormal beak growth, Spain

First Page

344

Last Page

346

Recommended Citation

ELBAL, PEDRO MARÍA ALARCÓN; SALIDO, VICTOR JESUS CARMONA; MURILLO, JOSÉ MARÍN SÁNCHEZ; BERNAL, RAFAEL CALERO; and CURDI, JAVIER LUCIENTES (2014) "Severe beak deformity in Melopsittacus undulatus caused by Knemidocoptes pilae," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 38: No. 3, Article 19. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1311-36
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol38/iss3/19