1.0LafeberVethttps://lafeber.com/vetGraham Zoller, DVM, IPSAV (Zoological Medicine)https://lafeber.com/vet/author/graham-z/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Q6r8PXpizb"><a href="https://lafeber.com/vet/psittacosis-in-birds-humans/">Psittacosis in Birds & Humans</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lafeber.com/vet/psittacosis-in-birds-humans/embed/#?secret=Q6r8PXpizb" width="600" height="338" title="“Psittacosis in Birds & Humans” — LafeberVet" data-secret="Q6r8PXpizb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://lafeber.com/vet/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://lafeber.com/vet/wp-content/uploads/Quaker-in-hands-cropped-square.jpg601600Psittacosis is an infectious disease of birds and people caused by Chlamydia psittaci.  This client education handout discusses types of birds commonly associated with human psittacosis, persons at risk as well as details of psittacosis in humans and birds and measures to prevent disease.