Abstract
Aspergillosis is an infectious disease caused by members of the genus Aspergillus.This was one of the first mycotic diseases to be described, and the earliest description in any species was from a wild scaup in 1813 (Ainsworth and Austwick, 1973). The causative fungi are ubiquitous and disease occurs worldwide. Aspergillosis is a common disease of domestic poultry and captive birds, particularly waterfowl, and there are many reports of aspergillosis in wild waterfowl either as individual cases or in the form of outbreaks. Mycosis (infection with a fungus) must be clearly distinguished from mycotoxicosis (poisoning by fungal metabolic products) that is discussed in chapter 14.
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Wobeser, G.A. (1997). Fungal Diseases. In: Diseases of Wild Waterfowl. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5951-1_7
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