Postmortem examination of eight dead birds in Jaipur Zoo revealed the cause of mortality as pneumonia. The blood and visceral organ samples cultured revealed the presence of five bacterial species. Stress manifestation in birds in the form of pneumonic or generalized septicaemia due to pasteurellosis is a common occurence as reported by many workers before and in this paper.
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