Garden feeders suspected as birds fall prey to disease

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http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1826295.ece

Garden feeders suspected as birds fall prey to disease
By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
Published: 10 October 2006

The increasing popularity of garden bird feeding may be helping the 
spread of a parasitic disease which is killing birds across Britain.
Thousands of Britain's most colourful garden bird species are falling 
victim to the infection, trichomoniasis, which is spread by contact, 
especially at bird tables and bird feeders.
Householders with feeding equipment are being asked to disinfect it 
regularly in an attempt to control the disease, whose severity may have 
been accentuated by the warm wet summer - a hot July followed by a damp 
August.
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