Dispensary Corner 08 Aug 14
August 8, 2014
PANADOL for parrot fever?
If only they’d had access to
antibiotics - 20 lovebirds in
Arizona have been found dead in
the backyard of one homeowner,
with tests revealing they were
stricken down by psittacosis, or
parrot fever, the Associated Press
reported.
The disease is transmittable to
humans, usually through inhaling
the bacteria from feathers,
droppings or secretions but is
readily treated with antibiotics,
Better Health Channel said.
The birds in question were feral
and it was unusual to see the
disease kill so many in the wild,
a game and fish veterinarian told
AP.
GOOD on ya, Perth.
Readers, were any of you some
of the awesome people in Perth
who helped free a trapped man
by rocking a train carriage?
You may have been on your
way to the pharmacy and waiting
at Stirling Train Station, when
the station announcers asked
passengers to move to one side
of a train when a man slipped
down the gap between it and the
station while trying to board.
When this was unsuccessful,
people were asked to line up
beside the train and rock it back
and forth until the man could be
lifted to safety, ABC reported.
It was believed the man did not
suffer any serious injuries, it said.
Good on you to the passengers
and train staff involved!
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