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Ornithosis

In medicine (pulmonology), psittacosis -- also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis -- is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci) and contracted not only from parrots, macaws, cockatiels and parakeets, but also from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, sea gulls etc. The incidence of infection in canaries and finches is believed to be lower than in psittacine birds. more...

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Hedgehog zoonoses
Exotic pets, including hedgehogs, have become popular in recent years among pet owners, especially in North America. Such animals can carry and introduce ...
From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1/1/05 by Patricia Y. Riley
Parrot fever
Parrot fever is a rare infectious disease that causes pneumonia in humans. It is transmitted from pet birds or poultry. The illness is caused by a chlamydia, ...
From Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 4/6/01 by Altha Roberts Edgren
Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from goats with a history of reproductive disorders and the prevalence of Toxoplasma and chlamydial antibodies
ABSTRACT SHARMA, S.P, BAIPOLEDI, E.K, NYANGE, J.F.C. & TLAGAE, L. 2003. Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from goats with a history of reproductive disorders ...
From Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, The, 3/1/03 by Sharma, S P
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydia psittaci in domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) at Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana
ABSTRACT MUSHI, E.Z., BINTA, M.G., CHABO, R., NDEBELE, G.R. & PANZIRAH, R. 2001. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydophila psittaci in domestic ...
From Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, The, 6/1/01 by Mushi, E Z
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Motto: "The antigen is nothing, the terrain is everything"- Pasteur The purpose of this paper is to inquire into the relationship between Al Eskan disease ...
From Military Medicine, 5/1/00 by Korenyi-Both, Andras L
Compendium of psittacosis control, 1997 - chlamydiosis
Avian chlamydiosis can readily transmit from birds to humans, and is caused by the Chlamydia psittaci zoonotic bacteria. The disease is called psittacosis ...
From Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 7/18/97
Support for Mayor over starving birds
KEN LIVINGSTONE's plans to cull the capital's pigeon population received a boost today as a green group highlighted Swiss findings that the only way ...
From Evening Standard (London), 1/25/01 by LAURA SMITH
Win war on pigeons with diplomacy, poison
Two weeks ago I wrote about a lady on the North Side who lives next door to someone who feeds and attracts some 50 pigeons daily, pigeons which leave ...
From Chicago Sun-Times, 11/3/00 by Bill Rumbler

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