Even pretty birds like parrots and parakeets cause their share of misery, notably a disease called psittacosis, caused by a chlamydia-like bacterium that lives in bird droppings.
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During his brief tenure, and although short staffed, work was commenced on toxoplasmosis, influenza A and B, psittacosis, Q fever, mumps and lymphocytic chorio-meningitis.
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Although any of these tests can confirm psittacosis, false negatives are possible and so a combination of clinical and lab tests is recommended before giving the bird a clean bill of health.
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In the 1980s, the Soviet Ministry of Agriculture successfully developed variants of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest against cows, African swine fever for pigs, and psittacosis to kill chicken.
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The causal micro-organisms " Chlamydophila psittaci " of psittacosis were known, from the 1930s to the 1960s, as " Bedsoniae " as a result of his research.
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Birds can act as vectors for spreading diseases such as psittacosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, mycobacteriosis ( avian tuberculosis ), avian influenza ( bird flu ), giardiasis, and cryptosporidiosis over long distances.
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In 1924 he transferred to the study of Foot-and-mouth disease and in 1926 was awarded a Freedom Fellowship to study viruses at London Hospital, which in 1929 included a study of psittacosis.
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In certain contexts, the word " psittacosis " is used when the disease is carried by any species of bird belonging to the family Psittacidae, whereas " ornithosis " is used when other birds carry the disease.
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Also clich�s such as the British expression " sick as a parrot " are given; although this refers to extreme disappointment rather than illness, it may originate from the disease of psittacosis, which can be passed to humans.
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In the 1980s the dovecote was inspected as part of an investigation into an outbreak of psittacosis ( also known as parrot disease or parrot fever ), a Wall ties were used on the south west corner where the masonry was bulging.
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