What are the symptoms of Chlamydia in birds?
Depression, decreased appetite, weight loss, ruffled feathers, tremors, yellow-green diarrhea, ocular and nasal discharge, difficulty in breathing, scant dark green feces, increased urate production, discoloration of the urine or urates, hypothermia, dehydration, feather picking, decreased egg production, neurological symptoms (seizures, paralysis), even sudden death. Most birds decline over 1-3 weeks, once symptoms arise. Symptoms and disease process can vary remarkably. Commonly, very few symptoms are present. Often the disease is dormant until a stressful episode occurs. Many cockatiels and amazons have been non-symptomatic for years. Disease severity depends on the strain and the dose of the chlamydia, the presence of other pathogens, species and immune status of the host, and the way the disease is treated. Symptoms and disease may be more pronounced in different species than origin species. In ducks and geese, sinusitis and conjunctivitis are the most common problems. In pigeons
