In terms of infection mode, COVID-19's spike protein invading cells can only infect cells with ACE2 as the fixed point. However, a large number of birds have not detected ace2 protease.

At present, this mainly exists in mammalian cells. John, an assistant researcher in virology at Cambridge University, believes that compared with mammals, it is very unlikely that fish, birds and reptiles will become intermediate hosts in COVID-19. Therefore, birds have no parts that can be attacked by COVID-19, and naturally they will not be infected with COVID-19 virus.

The new type of coronary pneumonia is spread by wild animals and has nothing to do with parrots. As long as you take good care of the cage on time, keep the environment ventilated and clean, and bathe the parrot on time, the parrot will not get sick.

How to raise parrots in Feng Xuan?

As an ornamental bird or bird trainer, it can also be kept on a parrot rack. Because this bird is good at climbing and likes to chew wood, Feng Xuan parrots should be kept in metal cages, and the perch fence should be made of hardwood or hard branches with a diameter of about 2 cm.