parrot disease

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Noun

parrot disease - infectious disease of birds

psittacosis

animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings

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Papageienkrankheit

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(6,8,9) All birds were tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of DNA extracted from whole blood for Mycobacterium (group-specific antigen), Chlamydia (group-specific antigen), avian polyomavirus, psittacine circovirus, psittacine herpes virus (Pacheco's parrot disease), and Salmonella (group-specific antigen) (Avian Biotech Laboratories, Tallahassee, FL, USA).

Health and reproductive assessment of selected Puerto Rican parrots (Amazona vittata) in captivity

The Weekly News noted parakeets are very aggressive birds, which frequently muscle out pigeons and sparrows from local nests, and also carry parrot disease. The parakeets were imported from India, central Africa and Latin America.

All Creatures Great And Small: Madrid Plans to Wipe Out Invasive Species Of Parakeets And Raccoons

I'll Google the symptoms, then shriek: "I was right, it IS green parrot disease."