Salmonella
It's common for chickens, ducks, and other poultry to carry Salmonella. Salmonella is a type of germ that naturally lives in the intestines of poultry and many other animals. Live poultry may have Salmonella germs in their droppings and on their bodies (feathers, feet, and beaks) even when they appear healthy and clean. The germs can also get on cages, coops, feed and water dishes, hay, plants, and soil in the area where the birds live and roam. Peep, chirp, quack! Live baby poultry, such as chicks, ducklings, goslings, and baby turkeys, can carry harmful germs called Salmonella. After you touch a chick, duckling, or other baby bird, or anything in the area where they live and roam, WASH YOUR HANDS so you don't get sick!  so annoying and gross! Yes, small flocks of chickens can carry diseases that we, as human, can get. But it really isn't a serious risk-you are at far, far greater risk from being attacked by your neighbor's dog or getting hurt on the drive to the grocery store. Watch out for those chickens, they'll get you. Salmonella and Camplybactor(of which my wife was recently infected with) are the two biggies. Best defense there is wash your hands, properly cook your meat, and don't lick your chickens. (I'm sure a little kiss is OK). Poultry refers to birds that people keep for their use and generally includes the chicken, turkey, duck, goose, quail, pheasant, pigeon, guinea fowl, pea fowl, ostrich, emu, and rhea. Due to modern systems of management, usually with high poultry densities, these diseases are able to readily spread. In older birds, the disease is called aspergillosis. Species affected: All birds (domestic poultry, pigeons, canary and zoo bird species), animals, humans, and plants are susceptible. Clinical signs: Aspergillosis occurs as an acute disease of young birds and a chronic disease in mature birds. Live poultry, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, often carry harmful germs called Salmonella. After you touch a bird, or anything in the area where they live and roam, wash your hands so you don't get sick! Live poultry may have Salmonella germs in their droppings and on their bodies (feathers, feet, and beaks) even when they appear healthy and clean. The germs can also get on cages, coops, feed and water dishes, hay, plants, and soil in the area where the birds live and roam. Fowl Pox. Synonyms: chicken pox (not to be confused with chicken pox in humans; the human disease does not affect poultry and vice versa), sore head, avian diphtheria, bird pox. Species affected: Most poultry—chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, ducks, psittacine, and ratites—of all ages are susceptible. In older birds, the disease is called aspergillosis. Species affected: All birds (domestic poultry, pigeons, canary and zoo bird species), animals, humans, and plants are susceptible. Clinical signs: Aspergillosis occurs as an acute disease of young birds and a chronic disease in mature birds. Report Abuse. Yes, Ducks carry the dreaded Duckliosishalitosisnuerosis Virus that can enter the respitory system and cause bad breath in humans, as well as entering the ear of a human and eventually to the brain where sooner or later it will cause a human to quack up. Source(s): just a guess, and I love ducks It has been suggested that there are over 60 other diseases that birds and their droppings can carry. The problem is especially worrisome in residential areas, as many of them are airborne and can be transferred to humans just by being around droppings. Chicken farms can be fairly easily secured. 1 E.coli. 2  Cattle carry E. coli 0157:H7. 3  When birds peck on cow manure, the E. coli go right through the birds and the bird droppings can land on or in a food or water supply.
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