How Did Freddie Get Aspergillosis?
Until recently, we were at a loss to explain how Freddie contracted aspergillosis. At the time, we lived in an area of California with very low humidity and were very careful about keeping our home clean and free of molds and fungus. We have a whole house air filter with a UV disinfectant system. We now believe that Freddie contracted aspergillosis by spending time in an incubator /brooder during her first illness in February. The incubator is a commercial product, the Chick Chalet II, and was purchased from Avey Incubators, Inc. We purchased the unit 2.5 years ago after one of our birds was injured and we needed to provide supportive and emergency care at home. Because of our location, we do not have close access to a qualified avian veterinarian and purchased the brooder so we could provide care at home. We would never have discovered the cause had the brooder not failed when we used it during Freddie’s illness in February. The brooder was sent for repair and we were told that the se
