2024-07-29
Parasitic Diseases of Pet Birds
Parasitic disease has become less common in captive parrots throughout the past 20 years with the restrictions against importation of wild-caught birds; many pet birds now are incubator hatched and hand raised and have little to no access to the outdoors or to other birds. Commonly reported parasitic diseases include protozoal infections such as giardiasis in cockatiels, sarcocystis in larger parrots, and mites in budgerigars and passerines.