Internal and external parasitic infections in captive psittacine birds

[...]the storage mite Glycyphagus domesticus was isolated from the fallen feathers of nine birds. [...]G domesticus, here isolated from the feathers collected from the bottom of the cages of nine birds, is a storage mite commonly found in the litter and nests of birds ( Colloff 2009 ) and is known to be a potential cause of allergic diseases in humans ( Arias-Irigoyen and others 2007 ).