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Birds suffer from lung and airway disorders, which can be caused by a variety of respiratory parasites. One such parasitic infection in birds is caused by air sac mites, which affects the entire respiratory tract. The parasites can be present all the way from the nose of the infected bird to the tiny air sacs in the lungs.

Canaries and Gouldian finches are two types of birds that commonly suffer from air sac mites.

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As in humans, a balanced nutrition is important for your bird. Any nutritional imbalance can result in a host of disorders and diseases in your pet. If there is excessive iron in the blood, it accumulates in the bird’s main organs, and is generally referred to as Iron Storage Disease.

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Acute Hypocalcemia In Birds

In order to ensure a healthy bird, you must give it a well-balanced diet. This will help prevent any nutritional disorder in your animal. However, if there is a calcium, vitamin D3 and phosphorus imbalance in your bird’s body, it can lead to Acute Hypocalcemia (or a presence of low serum calcium levels in the blood).

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Macaw Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Macaw Respiratory Hypersensitivity (or Macaw Asthma) is a lung and airway disease which causes an allergic reaction in the bird. Blue and gold macaws are especially prone to this condition.

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Avian Proventricular Dilatation Disease

Digestive disorders in birds are due to various reasons, including infection, low immunity and injury. One such digestive disorder in birds is the macaw wasting disease, or proventricular dilatation disease, which is due to a viral infection and can be fatal.

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Newcastle Disease

Newcastle disease is a viral infection which is usually seen in poultry, but can also affect pet birds. It causes various lung and airway disorders in birds and unfortunately, Newcastle disease has no cure or treatment for it. Birds affected with this disease can also quickly spread the infection to healthy birds.

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Pacheco’s disease is a highly infectious and deadly bird illness. It is caused by the rapidly spreading Herpesvirus and especially affects birds in the parrot family. Once infected, the animal may or may not develop symptoms, but usually dies within a few days of contracting the disease.

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Feather Mites In Outdoor Birds

Feather Mites are a skin problem outside aviaries birds suffer from. And although this parasitic infestation seldom occurs in the pet birds staying inside, if left untreated, it can lead to the bird’s death and be contagious to other birds.

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Avian Sarcocystosis

Lung and airway problems can occur in birds and can be triggered by parasites.

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Avian Aspergillosis

Airway and respiratory tract diseases are very common in pet birds. One such disease commonly is Aspergillosis, which is a fungal infection of the bird’s respiratory tract.

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