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  2. Bird fancier's lung - Wikipedia

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    Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also known as bird breeder's lung, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It can cause shortness of breath , fever , dry cough , chest pain , anorexia and weight loss , fatigue , and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (the most serious complication).

  3. Psittacosis - Wikipedia

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    Psittacosis—also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis—is a zoonotic infectious disease in humans caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci and contracted from infected parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels, and budgerigars, and from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of birds.

  4. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis - Wikipedia

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    Of these types, Farmer's Lung and Bird-Breeder's Lung are the most common. "Studies document 8-540 cases per 100,000 persons per year for farmers and 6000-21,000 cases per 100,000 persons per year for pigeon breeders. High attack rates are documented in sporadic outbreaks. Prevalence varies by region, climate, and farming practices.

  5. Doctors Explain How To Spot Symptoms Of Bird Flu After First ...

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    Bird flu is a scary illness with a high mortality rate. But so far, infections in the U.S. have been relatively mild—until now. A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of ...

  6. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection - Wikipedia

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    M. avium, M. intracellulare, and M. chimaera are each saprotrophic organisms present in soil and water; entry into hosts is usually via the gastrointestinal tract, but also can be via the lungs. MAC infections can cause fevers, diarrhea, malabsorption, as well as loss of appetite and weight loss, and can disseminate to the bone marrow. MAI is ...

  7. 5 animals die after bird flu exposure at Arizona zoo; 25 ...

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    Although human infections in the United States have been rare, according to the CDC, bird flu has infected 60 people since April. What is bird flu? Bird flu is a disease caused by a family of flu ...

  8. 5 animals die following bird flu infections at Wildlife World ...

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    According to the Mayo Clinic, avian influenza, which is also called ‘bird flu,’ is caused by influenza type A virus infections in bird species. Per the website, birds could die from avian ...

  9. Airsacculitis - Wikipedia

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    Airsacculitis, [1] [2] also known as air sacculitis, [3] aerosacculitis, [4] air sac disease, [5] air sac infection, air sac syndrome and simply sac disease, [6] is a common inflammatory condition of air sacs that occurs in birds [5] [7] and is caused by various microbial (mostly bacterial) taxa. [7]