New York Companion Bird Club Present "Bird Zoonoses": Guest Speaker will be Dr. Amy Hopkins, MD, MPH, PH.D.

Dr. Amy Hopkins, a board certified specialist in both internal medicine and occupational and environmental medicine, will be speaking on 4/8/06 about Bird Zoonoses (illnesses from birds).

(PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -- Dr. Amy Hopkins, a board certified specialist in both internal medicine and occupational and environmental medicine, will be speaking on 4/8/06 about Bird Zoonoses (illnesses from birds).

Saturday, APRIL 8th

1 - 5 pm

Lecture/Presentation

242 E. 53 St, New York, NY

next to Quest Book Shop

(between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)

BIRD ZOONOSES

Dr. Amy Hopkins, MD, MPH, PH.D.

Dr. Amy Hopkins, a board certified specialist in both internal medicine and occupational and environmental medicine, will be speaking on 4/8/06 about Bird Zoonoses (illnesses from birds). As both a physician and a parrot companion, this area is of special interest to her, particularly since so little is known about these issues. Her talk will discuss such commonly known entities as psittacosis (parrot fever), exotic Newcastle disease, and bird fancier's lung, as well as some lesser known disorders. Of course no talk on the human-bird interface would be complete these days without a mention of avian flu! This talk will discuss diagnosis, treatment, and control/prevention measures, and a handout will be available as a reference to keep.

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