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Psittacosis (Parrot Fever)
SYMPTOMS may incude dry coughing, malaise, loss of appetite, chills & fever.
Coughing will change to sputum that is pus-laden.
CAUSES. Baterium Chalmydia psittaci (found mostly in parrots, lovebirds and
parakeets) which produces a form of pneumonia. It is usually inhaled.
TREATMENT. Antibiotics, medication for cough, bed rest and possibly oxygen
prescribed.