| Some commercial cockatiel operations have had problems with enzootic psittacosis. |
| Though some birds with psittacosis don't display any signs or symptoms, others lose feathers or change their eating habits. |
| The probability that a pneumonic illness in a budgerigar owner is due to psittacosis increases when the patient says that a pet bird has recently died. |
| Notable exceptions are ornithosis psittacosis, or parrot fever, a serious and sometimes fatal disease resembling viral pneumonia. |
| We describe a 38-year-old man suffering from serologically confirmed psittacosis. |
| The treatment of psittacosis involves good nursing support in critical cases and immediate placement on appropriate antibiotics. |
