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What are the risks of contracting diseases associated with chickens?1 PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 05 June 2008
Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Christopher Mores and Amy H. Simonne2

 

Human and Animal Diseases

Some diseases of animals are communicable to humans. The microorganisms that cause disease can be protozoal, fungal, bacterial, chlamydial or viral (Jacob et al. 2003). Some examples of avian diseases transmissible to humans include Chlamydiosis from parakeets, pigeons, and parrots and Cryptococcosis from pigeons. Salmonella, E. coli, the viruses that cause Avian Influenza, and some encephalitis viruses are associated with chickens.

Educational embryology projects such as those offered by 4-H groups (Renner and Ouart, 2005) allow children to learn how life develops through observing eggs in an incubator. The projects require daily handling of the eggs and limited handling of the new-born chick. While nothing is risk-free, the risk of contracting Avian Influenza, Salmonella, E. coli, or mosquito-borne encephalitis by participating in embryology projects is extremely small.

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