Millet Seed Sensitization in a Lovebird Keeper: A Case Report

Abstract

Common millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is a highly nutritious cereal used for human consumption, bird seed and/or ethanol production [1], in fact it is the sixth most consumed cereal worldwide: more than a third of the population takes millet from habitual way [2,3]. Although, nowadays, the grain is known in developed countries mainly as food for birds and livestock.The anaphylaxis produced by millet was first described in 1981 by Parker et al. [4], since then some cases have been described in which this cereal induces serious anaphylactic reactions after ingestion. In addition, millet also could act as an inhalant allergen described for the atopic bird keepers [5,6]. After the analysis of sera from bird keepers,