“…Vertebral osteomyelitis has been reported in a Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) with megacloaca, 4 and a yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) 5 and a gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus), both with kyphosis. 6 The first case was presumed to be a bacterial infection; the latter cases were an extension of a pulmonary Aspergillus spp.…”