KAKAPO’S DEATH
Killed By Infection (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Aug. 6. An infection killed the only kakapo in captivity in New Zealand. A spokesman for the Department of Internal Affairs said today a report had been received from the chief diagnostic officer at Wallaceville Animal Research Station on the examination of the kakapo which died on June 29. Examination of the brain disclosed some evidence suggestive of old age in the male kakapo, which was brought out from Tutoko valley more than four years ago as a mature bird of unknown age. The report indicated laboratory findings were consistent with the diagnosis “candida albicans.”“Unfortunately there are no specific symptoms for Candida infections in birds, the disease being discovered in post-mortem examinations,” the spokesman said. In this instance the candidiasis occurred as a generalised infection. Candidiasis is the term used to designate an infection of the upper alimentary tract caused by a yeast-like fungus known as Candida albicans.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30823, 7 August 1965, Page 18
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