Woman dies after being exposed to cockatiel

[Still Waters]

A grandmother died from a rare and deadly lung condition after almost ten years of being exposed to her grandson's pet cockatiel.

Lilian Kershaw, 84, developed the little-known disease bird fancier's lung after breathing in particles from the bird's droppings and feathers when its cage was being cleaned out,

Despite never handling cockatiel Charlie, the retired cotton mill worker became increasingly breathless while exposed to the bird in her living room, an inquest heard.

http://www.dailymail...dling-bird.html

[Simbi Laveau]

The dreaded cockatiel exposure

[MissMelsWell]

I've heard of bird fanciers lung with people who raise birds and are around a LOT of them all time, but I've never heard of anyone getting it who had just one single bird, interesting.