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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. Pigeon pox - Wikipedia

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    Typical symptoms of an infection with the pigeon pox virus. Pigeon pox is a viral disease to which only pigeons are susceptible. It is characterized by pox scabs, which most frequently form on the featherless parts of the bird. The disease is caused by the Pigeon pox virus. It can be transmitted by droplet infection from one animal to another ...

  5. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 - Wikipedia

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    A/H5N1 virus can also infect mammals (including humans) that have been exposed to infected birds; in these cases, symptoms are frequently severe or fatal. [2] A/H5N1 virus is shed in the saliva, mucus, and feces of infected birds; other infected animals may shed bird flu viruses in respiratory secretions and other body fluids (such as milk). [3]

  6. The plague, fevers, tularemia: The diseases fleas can carry ...

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    The most infamous flea-to-human transmitted disease is the bubonic plague, which was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The plague, fevers, tularemia: The diseases fleas can carry and how to ...

  7. Avian influenza - Wikipedia

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    Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus, which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect mammals including humans. [1] Wild aquatic birds are the primary host of the influenza A virus, which is enzootic (continually present) in many bird populations.

  8. Are ticks a threat to people in Texas? Here’s what experts ...

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    The danger posed by ticks increases during the heat of summer.

  9. Massachusetts towns warn about rare, lethal mosquito-borne ...

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    Eastern equine encephalitis is spread to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. The virus can cause a fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, behavioral changes, and drowsiness ...