- Aspergillosis
- Describes the most common fungal infection in birds.
- Avian Diseases Reading Room
- Covers allergic alveolitis, heavy metal poisoning, polyoma virus, salmonella, e coli, and exotic newcastle disease.
- Avian Diseases Transmissible to Humans
- Describes types of diseases that do not pose a serious threat, but that pet and poultry owners should be aware of.
- Avian Gastric Yeast
- Megabacteria grows in a narrow zone of the stomach and can infect poultry, companion, and wild birds.
- Avian Infectious Diseases
- Non-profit charitable corporation committed to raising public awareness and funds for avian conditions such as proventricular dilatation disease.
- Avian Pox
- Lists the most common agents of disease seen in pet birds including viral, bacterial, and fungal.
- Avian Tuberculosis
- Shows article by a veterinarian on this serious problem that could affect both people and flocks of birds. Discusses diagnosis and treatment.
- Chlamydia Psittaci: (Parrot Fever) Infection in Companion Birds
- Doctor discusses this bacterial infection commonly known as psittacosis and contagious between psittacine species.
- Effective Treatments for Common Avian Parasites
- Veterinary article that covers mites, giardia, roundworms, tapeworms, trichomoniasis, and coccidian parasites.
- House Finch Conjuctivitis
- Saves questions and answers about this condition. Contains photographs from Pennsylvania Wildlife Series.
- House Finch Disease Survey
- Monitors the occurrence of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis, a disease that affects House Finches and other wild bird species in the United States and Canada. Describes the disease and tells how to recognize it.
- Improved Aviculture Management May Prevent Candidiasis in Birds
- Provides detail on Candida albicans, a fungus that can grow uncontrollably and impair respiration and feeding. Discusses management of this condition and the treatment for it.
- Merck Veterinary Manual: Caged Birds
- Gives an index to a variety of avian diseases such as bacterial, mycotic, parasitic, and viral.
- Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis in Wild Songbirds: The Spread of a New Contagious Disease in a Mobile Hos
- Includes report about the disease, particularly affecting House Finches.
- PetPlace.com - Pacheco's Disease
- Article includes an overview, what to watch for, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
- Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD)
- Viral disease originally called macaw wasting syndrome, psittacine wasting syndrome, or neuropathic gastric dilation can occur in any psittacine.
- Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease
- Holds article by a veterinarian about the viral disease that can affect all psittacine birds. Includes photos and links to related content.
- Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Today
- Describes the viral infection that many species of birds are susceptible to.
- Psittacosis
- Discusses transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of this dangerous disease.
- Understanding Psittacosis
- Article discusses the symptoms, control, and treatment of what is also known as parrot fever, ornithosis, or chlamydiosis in birds.
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