Final Pathology Report

Well, here is the final pathology report I received from the Oklahoma Diagnostic Diseas Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, on the Coopers:

HISTOLOGIC COMMENTS 10/12/09: Significant lesions are identified within the heart, lungs and esophagus. This animal hasa severe pneumonia and the presence of fungal hyphae and identification of conidialheads is supportive of the diagnosis of aspergillosis. Additionally there is a severe esophagitis and myocarditis in this animal that are likely related to the fungal infection. Special stains revealed large numbers of fungi in the lung and rare fungi in theesophagus.

There was a lot more information, but this was the bottom line. The bird had pneumonia and asper. So, the stress of captivity and weight reduction brought on the inevitable.