Chicken diseases transfered to humans?

[holachicka]

So my neighbor was over the otherday, admiring the progress on our coop when he mentioned that there are a few diseases that people can catch from chickens. He said that his mom caught something that effects her immune system... Anyone know about this?

Just curious!

 

[LarryPQ]

Very, very few diseases are communicable from avian species to humans.

IF she caught something from the chickens, it is MOST likely to be a common bacteria, like E Coli or Salmonella.

Lesson to be learned: don't eat chicken poop.

 

[elmo]

Here you go:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps019

As you can see, the risk to humans from keeping chickens is quite low, and not any riskier than keeping a common budgie parakeet.

 

[LarryPQ]

And what did the article reccomend? Hmmmm?

Don't eat the chicken poop.