Infectious Avian Diseases

• Aspergillosis  - Describes the most common fungal infection in birds.
• 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 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 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  - Includes report about the disease, particularly affecting House Finches. The full name of this report is "Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis in Wild Songbirds: The Spread of a New Contagious Disease in a Mobile Host Population.".
• 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.