Can parrot parasites infect humans?

As we all know, almost all pets are bound to have parasites, including pets like cats and dogs at home. If you don’t pay attention to hygiene, many kinds of parasites will appear on your pets. In today’s society, many families also like to keep parrots, which can also have parasites. This will first endanger the health of the parrots. So will the parasites of parrots infect humans?

Can parrot parasites infect humans?

In addition to psittacosis, which can be co-infected by humans and birds, the main problem with parrots is the noise pollution from the calls of large parrots, which aggravates the symptoms of people with mental allergies, neurasthenia, and heart disease. In addition, the feathers that fall off birds can infect humans with allergic respiratory infections such as asthma and cough. The feather dust that falls off can cause skin diseases. Although it is unlikely to cause serious skin diseases, it can cause skin itching, mite infection, etc., which is also a kind of skin disease. That’s mainly it. Pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, do not keep parrots in the bedroom, do not let people and birds stay in the same room overnight, bathe large parrots frequently, and train them more often so that they don't scream loudly. These are the main points.

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It is best to treat parasites as soon as possible.

Parasites are also a common problem for parrots. Their feathers are a great hiding place for parasites and can also provide them with a good living environment. Too many parasites can affect the parrot's appetite and other related problems, and the parrot may also experience itching and pecking its feathers. To prevent parasitic infections in parrots, relevant hygiene work must be done, and the food fed must also be kept clean.

1. Trichomoniasis

Trichomonas is a common upper gastrointestinal disease in parrots. The body of Trichomonas is pear-shaped, has flagella, and is motile. It can cause three types of lesions in birds: oral, umbilical, and visceral. Oral lesions are the most common, and this disease will mainly cause lesions in the upper and lower jaws, esophagus and throat of pet birds.

When you open the beak of your bird, you will find yellow-white cheese-like lumps, which will prevent the bird from eating or drinking. In severe cases, they will compress the respiratory system and cause breathing difficulties. Generally speaking, birds infected with oral lesions will have symptoms such as diarrhea, loss of appetite, and mucus in the mouth, and as a result, they will lose weight, grow poorly, and are prone to secondary infection with other types of diseases.

Chicks infected with umbilical cord lesions will have yellow lumps around the umbilical cord, causing the chicks to have developmental delays. Visceral lesions will cause obvious lesions in the bird's internal organs, mostly with the appearance of yellow, cheesy nodules in the liver, lungs and other organs. This is very harmful to young birds, and this symptom is mostly caused by vertical transmission from parent birds when raising chicks, or by contamination of food and water in the cage by insects.

Pay attention to the cleanliness of food and hygiene environment

Generally speaking, early detection and treatment will result in good recovery for birds, but the owner must also take other birds in the same cage for treatment. The owner can regularly check the Trichomonas infection index for the birds. If regular inspections are not possible, the owner can also implement a regular Trichomonas removal treatment for the birds every season to maintain their health.

2. Coccidiosis

Common parasitic infections in parrots can be divided into two categories: internal parasites and external parasites. Internal parasites can be divided into two categories: single-cell protozoa and multicellular internal worms such as nematodes and crimson worms. Here we will first explain protozoan infections.

Protozoa are the most primitive group in the animal kingdom. Their individuals are composed of a single cell and include flagellates, amoebas (such as amoebas), sporozoans and ciliates. Among the cases of protozoan infection in parrots, Trichomonas in the class Mastigophora and coccidia in the class Sporozoa are the most common.