>KJ> The one I'd be most comfortable sitting next to would be
>KJ> finches, since most of the diseases that parrots get don't
>KJ> affect finches, and vice versa (except polyoma and
>KJ> bacteria).
>    I recently had a discussion with my avian vet on this subject and his
>information was that there is no indication that finches cannot contract or
>carry ornithosis.  They can likewise contract and carry e. coli, chlamydia
>and several others.
Really? I've never heard that finches can get Chlamydia Psittaci
(ornithosis/psittacosis--all the same thing)! Hmmm, I have to call Dr.
Ritchie anyway for something else, I'll ask him when we speak! Thanks
for the warning.
--Kathy
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