Wiktionary
parrot fever
n. (context diseases veterinary medicine English) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium (taxlink Chlamydophila psittaci species noshow=1) and contracted from many species of bird.
WordNet
parrot fever
n. an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds [syn: psittacosis, ornithosis]
Usage examples of "parrot fever".
They gave me shots for everything from housemaid's knee to parrot fever and I had a physical examination so thorough as to make every other one seem like a mere laying on of hands.
Probably similar to an epidemic known as 'parrot fever' which swept the United States a year or two ago.