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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. Psittacine beak and feather disease - Wikipedia

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    The causative virus—beak and feather disease virus (BFDV)—belongs to the taxonomic genus Circovirus, family Circoviridae. It attacks the feather follicles and the beak and claw matrices of the bird, causing progressive feather, claw and beak malformation and necrosis. In later stages of the disease, feather shaft constriction occurs ...

  5. Austria, which typically sees two cases of this disease each year, reported 14 confirmed cases in 2023 and four more this year, as of March 4. ... and six had contact with wild bird droppings.

  6. Histoplasmosis - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Symptoms of this infection vary greatly, but the disease affects primarily the lungs. [4] Occasionally, other organs are affected; called disseminated histoplasmosis, it can be fatal if left untreated. H. capsulatum is found in soil, often associated with decaying bat guano or bird droppings. Disruption of soil from excavation or ...

  7. 5 animals die following bird flu infections at Wildlife World ...

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    It’s migration season that spreads bird flu through bird droppings. "It happened very fast. From the first confirmed case within a couple of days, it had come through. It had taken the lives of ...

  8. H5N1 bird flu might be more prevalent among humans than ... - AOL

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    It could have been introduced by wild bird droppings, animal infection, and discarded and contaminated animal products. A chart shows wastewater levels of H5 bird flu in Los Angeles County.

  9. Avian malaria - Wikipedia

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    Avian malaria is a vector-transmitted disease caused by protozoa in the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus; these parasites reproduce asexually within bird hosts and both asexually and sexually within their insect vectors, which include mosquitoes (), biting midges (Ceratopogonidae), and louse flies (Hippoboscidae). [6]