{"topic_id":"exotic_bird_bacterial_diseases","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_bird_bacterial_diseases\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Bacterial diseases of pet birds — common; differential for any sick bird; Pasteurella, Salmonella, Mycobacterium/Chlamydia\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Bacterial diseases of pet birds — common; differential for any sick bird; Pasteurella, Salmonella, Mycobacterium/Chlamydia\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_bacterial.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 83\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Bacterial diseases of pet birds — common; differential for any sick bird; Pasteurella, Salmonella, Mycobacterium/Chlamydia\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/pet-birds/bacterial-diseases-of-pet-birds\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Bacterial diseases of pet birds\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Bacterial diseases are common in pet birds and should be considered in the differential list of any sick bird.\n> Pasteurella spp have been reported as possible septicemic agents in birds attacked by pet cats or rats.\n> Infections with Salmonella spp are occasionally seen.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_bacterial.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Bacterial diseases are common in pet birds and should be considered in the differential list of any sick bird.`\n- `Pasteurella spp have been reported as possible septicemic agents in birds attacked by pet cats or rats.`\n- `Infections with Salmonella spp are occasionally seen.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Bacterial diseases of pet birds — common; differential for any sick bird; Pasteurella, Salmonella, Mycobacterium/Chlamydia (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Bacterial diseases of pet birds — common; differential for any sick bird; Pasteurella, Salmonella, Mycobacterium/Chlamydia","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/pet-birds/bacterial-diseases-of-pet-birds","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_bacterial.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_bacterial.txt","tokens_estimated":83,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}