An infectious disease is one capable of producing disease or of producing an infection.
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- Aspergillosis Describes the most common fungal infection in birds. Short discussion of the disease, particularly in parrots.
- 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.
- Psittacosis Also known as chlamydiosis or chlamydia which can be passed from bird to human. 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.
- Merck Veterinary Manual: Caged Birds Provides an index to a variety of avian diseases such as bacterial, mycotic, parasitic, and viral.
- Chlamydia Psittaci: (Parrot Fever) Infection in Companion Birds Doctor discusses this bacterial infection commonly known as psittacosis and contagious between psittacine species.
- Avian Gastric Yeast Formerly known as megabacteria, it grows in a narrow zone of the stomach and can infect poultry, companion, and wild birds.
- Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Today Describes the viral infection that many species of birds are susceptible to.
- 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 how to recognize it.
- Candidiasis: Yeast Infections in Birds Information on this disease caused by the yeast Candida albicans, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
- Avian Cholera Factsheet on this disease of wetland birds caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida.
- Avian Cholera Information and news on this disease in wild bird populations, provided by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.
- Pacheco's Disease Caused by a group of psittacine herpesviruses. Article includes an overview, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
- Veterinary Practice News - Treatments Recommended for Avian Respiratory Problems Article by Rebecca Sweat addresses bacterial infections and aspergillosis.