Veterinary Practice News - Treatments Recommended For Avian Respiratory Problems
- Article addresses bacterial infections and aspergillosis.
- http://www.vetpracticenews.com/vpn/detail.aspx?aid=14242&cid=3874&category=

Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Today
- Describes the viral infection that many species of birds are susceptible to.
- http://exoticpetvet.net/avian/pbfd.html

Avian Gastric Yeast
- Formerly known as megabacteria, it grows in a narrow zone of the stomach and can infect poultry, companion, and wild birds.
- http://exoticpetvet.net/avian/yeast.html

Chlamydia Psittaci: (Parrot Fever) Infection in Companion Birds
- Doctor discusses this bacterial infection commonly known as psittacosis and contagious between psittacine species.
- http://www.parrottalk.com/chamydia-psittaci.htm

Effective Treatments for Common Avian Parasites
- Veterinary article that covers mites, giardia, roundworms, tapeworms, trichomoniasis, and coccidian parasites.
- http://www.vetpracticenews.com/vpn/detail.aspx?aid=11369&cid=3874&category=

Merck Veterinary Manual: Caged Birds
- Provides an index to a variety of avian diseases such as bacterial, mycotic, parasitic, and viral.
- http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/toc_170300.htm

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.
- http://birds.cornell.edu/HOFI/index.html

Understanding Psittacosis
- Article discusses the symptoms, control, and treatment of what is also known as parrot fever, ornithosis, or chlamydiosis in birds.
- http://www.multiscope.com/hotspot/psittacosis.htm

Psittacosis
- Also known as chlamydiosis or chlamydia which can be passed from bird to human. Discusses transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of this dangerous disease.
- http://www.birdsnways.com/articles/psittico.htm

House Finch Conjuctivitis
- Questions and answers about this condition. Contains photographs. From Pennsylvania Wildlife Series.
- http://filebox.vt.edu/users/reallen/Thesis.html

Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis in Wild Songbirds: The Spread of a New Contagious Disease in a Mobile Host Population
- Report about the disease, particularly affecting House Finches.
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no1/fischer2.htm

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.
- http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/VM031

Avian Diseases Reading Room
- Covers allergic alveolitis, heavy metal poisoning, polyoma virus, salmonella, e coli, and exotic newcastle disease. By the National Cockatiel Society.
- http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/Diseases/avianDiseases.html

Avian Tuberculosis
- Article by a veterinarian on this serious problem that could affect both people and flocks of birds. Discusses diagnosis and treatment.
- http://www.internationalparrotletsociety.org/aviantb.html

Avian Pox
- Learn more about this disease of the skin caused by infection with the avipoxvirus group of viruses. Can spread at bird feeders and through migratory flyways.
- http://www.unbc.ca/nlui/wildlife_diseases_bc/avian_pox.htm

PetPlace.com - Pacheco's Disease
- Caused by a group of psittacine herpesviruses. Article includes an overview, what to watch for, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
- http://www.petplace.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=507

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.
- http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS019

Aspergillosis
- Describes the most common fungal infection in birds. Short discussion of the disease, particularly in parrots.
- http://www.multiscope.com/hotspot/aspergil.htm

Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease
- Article by a veterinarian about the viral disease that can affect all psittacine birds. Includes photos and links to related content.
- http://www.parrotsociety.org.au/articles/art_007.htm

Avian Infectious Diseases
- Lists the most common agents of disease seen in pet birds including viral, bacterial, and fungal.
- http://www.santaclarapethospital.com/722698.html