CA70.2
category
Bird fancier lung
Definition
Bird fancier lung, also called Pigeon-breeder's lung disease, is an allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of particulate avian emanations, sometimes specified by avian species. Presentation can be acute with chills, cough, fever, shortness of breath, chest tightness usually resolving within 24h after cessation of antigen exposure, sub-acute with cough and dyspnoea over several days to weeks, whereas chronic form results in breathlessness, coughing, lack of appetite and weight loss.
Also indexed as
BFL - [bird fancier lung]Bird fancier lungBudgerigar fanciers' diseaseBudgerigar fanciers' hypersensitivity pneumonitisBudgerigar fanciers' lungPigeon fanciers' lungavian protein hypersensitivitybird breeders' diseasebird breeders' lungbird fanciers' diseasebird fanciers' lungbudgerigar breeders' lungfanciers' diseasefanciers' lungpigeon breeders' diseasepigeon breeders' lungpigeon fanciers' diseasepigeon fanciers' hypersensitivity pneumonitis