ID#: 28865
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Under a magnification of 600X, this photomicrograph of a PAS-stained crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, lung tissue sample, designated tissue sample #320, highlighted some of the histopathologic findings in a case of pulmonary aspergillosis. The bird had been infected with the fungal organism, Aspergillus fumigatus. Note the network of numerous, darkly stained, filamentous mycelia, as well as a number of fan-shaped conidial heads. See PHIL 24798 and 24801, for other views of this specimen.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ William Kaplan, DVM
Creation Date: 1963
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