PARROT DISEASE.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. April 8. Dr. Telford, Medical Officer of Health, has now satisfied himself that he has traced the last of the 26 parrots from Nicaragua sold at Christchurch. The bird died on March 13. Dr. Telford considers that there is now little cause to fear of a continued outbreak of psittacosis. ' A STATEMENT QUERIED. WANGANUI, April 8. The telegram from Dunedin stating that of the consignment of Mexican parrots recently brought to Dunedin all had died but one, which had been sent to Wanganui, was the subject of a question put to Dr. Ritchie, of the Health Department, who is at present in Wanganui. Dr. Ritchie stated that he had had no notification that a bird had been sent to Wanganui. If it had been he would have heard of the matter. As far as was known there were no parrots of that consignment in Wanganui.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 113, 9 April 1930, Page 9
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