Pet bird candidiasis: common fungal (Candida albicans) GI disease of young/immunocompromised birds
Verbatim first-hand facts extracted from the Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand saved source pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_mycotic.txt). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.
Verbatim clinical facts (C1 substrings of source_file)
> Candidiasis is a common fungal disease, seen mostly in young or immunocompromised birds.
> The etiologic agent is the opportunistic yeast Candida albicans , which commonly affects the GI tract.
Source: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_mycotic.txt (first-hand Merck Veterinary Manual text).
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
Candidiasis is a common fungal disease, seen mostly in young or immunocompromised birds.The etiologic agent is the opportunistic yeast Candida albicans , which commonly affects the GI tract.