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Allergic alveolitis

  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Bird Breeder's Disease
  • Bird Breeder's Lung

Incidence

In humans, breathing feather dander is the cause of allergic alveoliitis in people sensitive to bird protein. Any bird can transmit this disease; however, cockatoos, cockatiels and amazons that produce more "powder" than other birds are liable to be more potentially irritating to humans.

Broader

Zoonoses
Presentable
Bird diseases
Presentable
Allergy
Presentable

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Subject
Content quality
Presentable
 Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 31, 2022