PARROT DISEASE
NO CASES IN AUSTRALIA
(From "Th« Post*" RtprtwntatWO SYDNEY, 15 th May.
The ban on the import to Australia and New Zealand of the South American type of parrot noted for its loquacity, ana, if brought up on wrong lines, for its profanity, because of the fear of an outbreak of parrot disease, has caused the authorities at Sydney's famous Zoo, to look into the question. The microbe responsible for infection is a fearsome-looking thing, but, as far as can be learned, there has not been a case in Australia diagnosed is parrot disease. Tho Zoo cannot recall any case of a human being having been infected by parrots in Australia. Some people believe, with an American authority, that the world has become unnecessarily "nervy" about parrot disease. Others, cheek by jowl in flats or houses with people who own parrots, believe that the whole of this feathered tribe ought to be either deported, even apart from the possibilities of disease, or so confined that their talking or "squawking" will be heard only, by their owners,
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 23 May 1930, Page 8
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178PARROT DISEASE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 23 May 1930, Page 8
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