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  2. 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.

  3. 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).

  4. Psittacine beak and feather disease - Wikipedia

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    Psittacine beak and feather disease was first described in the early 1980s and has become recognised as the dominant viral pathogen of psittacine birds worldwide. In wild red-rumped grass parakeets (Psephotus haematonotus), a case of feather loss syndrome that was highly suggestive of PBFD was first recorded in South Australia in 1907. [2]

  5. Cats in the U.S. Are Contracting Bird Flu: What Pet Parents ...

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    Bird flu is back in the news once again for a distressing reason that has pet owners across the US on high alert. A virulent strain of the highly-pathogenic H5N1 avian flu has infected hundreds of ...

  6. Chlamydia psittaci - Wikipedia

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    The disease caused by C. psittaci, psittacosis, was first characterized in 1879 when seven individuals in Switzerland were found to experience pneumonia after exposure to tropical pet birds. The causative pathogen was not known.

  7. Protect your pets from bird flu circulating throughout Michigan

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    Pet owners, beware: Michigan is ground zero for bird flu. Cats are highly susceptible to the H5N1 bird flu but infections in dogs, so far, are rare.

  8. 5 animals die after bird flu exposure at Arizona zoo; 25 ...

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    What is bird flu? Bird flu is a disease caused by a family of flu viruses primarily transmitted among birds. ... Avoid contact between pets (e.g., pet birds, dogs and cats) with wild birds.

  9. Pacheco's disease - Wikipedia

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    Pacheco's disease is a highly infectious and acute bird disease caused by a species of herpesvirus, Psittacid alphaherpesvirus 1 (PsHV-1). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All psittacine species are susceptible to Pacheco's disease, mainly those in zoological collections and aviaries in any geographic regions. [ 1 ]

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