Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from a mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa). The bird had tubercles in the membrana nictitans, larynx, kidney, liver, spleen, and bone marrow. Inoculation of bone marrow material produced a generalized tuberculosis in 3 guinea pigs.
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Ackerman et al. (1974) studied this question.