A nine Australian yellow birds (Latina cockatoo) were died due to aflatoxicosis in S.V. Zoo Park, Tirupati. Clinically all the birds showed anorexia, dullness and died suddenly. Grossly paleness of breast, thigh and subcutaneous tissue, pale and enlarged fatty liver and kidney, congested intestinal mucosa with severe catarrhal enteritis. Histopathologically, liver revealed moderate fatty change in hepatocytes with sinusoidal congestion and bile duct hyperplasia. The present study was confirmed as aflatoxicosis in Australian yellow birds by gross and histopathological lesions.
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