Can people get PDD from a sick bird?
“PDD does not appear to infect people. However, because the causative agent has not been definitively identified, we cannot say for sure it cannot affect people, though it is unlikely. However, birds with PDD are immunosuppressed and are susceptible to other diseases that can infect people, the most common of which is psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci). Common sense hygiene should always be taken when handling birds with PDD, including washing of hands before and after handling.” • An Introduction to a Serial History of Parrots and their Humans By Elaine Hutchison Most of us share a knowledge and a sacred priority not known to “non-parrot” people – that of how important these creatures are to us as family members and how central their well-being is to our happiness. Words become inadequate, clumsy things that roll around awkwardly in our minds and mouths as we attempt to describe the fascination of parrots to people who have no intimate acquaintance with them. “They are your pets,” t
