Mycoplasma spp. in Psittaciformes kept as pets in the southwestern Amazon of Brazil

ABSTRACT: Mycoplasmosis, caused by Mycoplasma spp., is a disease of great importance in birds, especially in the poultry industry. They are considered emerging bacteria that cause subclinical and clinical diseases in various birds and should not be ruled out as responsible for infections in Psittaciformes. Their development may go unnoticed, given their slow evolution, which ends up generating difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of these animals. Thus, this research aims to detect the presence of Mycoplasma spp. in Psittaciformes kept as pets in the southwestern Amazon of Brazil. The animals in the study were kept as pets and were selected based on convenience criteria. Biological material was collected using swabs from the oral and cloacal cavities of 100 birds. Subsequently, PCR was performed in all samples to identify Mycoplasma spp. The results demonstrated the presence of DNA from Mycoplasma spp. in 7% (7/100) of the biological samples of the investigated Psittaciformes.