Dr. Geraldine Gardenburt, Director of The Centers for Disease Control
in Atlanta, has issued the following urgent health alert:

“The recent sightings in Maryland of the elusive species Krausii
Liesallthetime Marylandus has caused the Centers to do extensive
research into the bird. As a result of this research, we want to
urgently inform the public that birds of this species are often
diseased. They are often infected with one or more avian diseased
that can be transmitted to humans. The list of diseases include
Chlamydiosis (Psittacosis) , Salmonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, New
Castles Disease, Allergic Alveolitus, Mycobacteriosis (Avian
Tuberculosis), Influenza, Giardia, and Cryptosporidiosis.

“One of the birds spotted was a reliable sighting by an official of
the U.S. Wildlife Service who clearly observed pustules on the bird's
body, indicating that all of the local population of this species may
quite possibly be diseased.

“I strongly urge all residents of Marlyand to avoid contact with this
species and its known areas of habitat as its feces can also transmit
the diseases.”