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Abstract:
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Avian chlamydiosis is a significant bacterial disease of wild, captive and intensively reared birds. The agent responsible, Chlamydia psittaci, is an obligate intracellular parasite. The organism is a significant zoonosis and the term 'psittacosis' describes the disease in man. Avian chlamydiosis may range from a rapidly fatal peracute disease to subclinical latent infection, depending on host factors and the strain of C. psittaci involved. The body systems primarily affected include the repiratory an ut this syndrome has not been reported in Australia.AAAAAACCC.
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