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Dr Olsen just called with necropsy results on poor sweet Chloe. He said it was shocking. She had aspergillosis in three places but it did not show on the lung xray. He thinks she had immune suppression. Plasmodium only in 4 percent of RBC compared with 95 percent expected. Her crop was normal...the candida was gone, no odor. Her spleen was enlarged, plasmodium. He made cultures and kept tissues and will probably send out to see if she had circovirus or something else causing massive immune suppression. She did not have haemoproteus. Only contagious disease he said that could affect Fiona would be the possible circovirus. Very sad but hopefully it is info that can help other birds. Asked if tx for coccidia would have decreased her immune system but he didn't think so.