Birds, bird droppings and nesting materials can carry over 60 diseases and ectoparasites transmittable to humans and animals. These pose the most risk to individuals with compromised or weakened immune systems such as the young, elderly and those living with auto immune diseases.
Here is a breakdown of some of the main diseases carried by birds:
FUNGAL
- Histoplasmosis
- Candidasis
- Sarcosporidiosias
- Blastomycosis
BACTERIAL
- Salmonella
- Paratyphoid
- Vibriosis
- Listeriosis
- Pasteruellosis
VIRAL
- Encephalitis
- Meningitis
- Newcastle’s Disease
- St. Louis Encephalitis
PROTOZOAL
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichomoniasis
- American Typansomiasis
