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| Bird annual exam includes: |
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| PE husbandry review fecal gram stain fecal wet mount & preventative deworming CBC/chem incl cholesterol contagious dz testing (chlamydophillia & PBFD) |
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| Parrot GI has large # of these: |
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| Passerine GI has low #s of these; |
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| Four main avian illnesses |
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Chlamydiosis
Polyoma
PDD - Proventricular dilations dz
PBFD - Psittacine beak & feather dz |
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zoonotic
resistant in environment
lethargy, conjunctivitis, biliverdinura (green urates), hepatitis, heterophilia |
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| dangerous infection in young birds |
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Borna virus
causes distension & lack of neuroloic fxn in proventriculous
terminal but meds can make bird fxnal
regurgitation, undigested food droppings, sometimes neurologic signs
dx via crop or proventricular biopsy |
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viral
feather dystrophy
lovebirds & cocatoos
eventually fatal |
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herpesvirus
wart-like lesions
amazons & macaws (nwp)
acetic acid used to id |
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life threatening
involves resp & GI |
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often secondary to immunosuppression or abx us in juvenile specis
white plaque & yeast found on cytology |
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right jug
basilic vein
medial metatarsal vein
1 ml/100 grams of bird |
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SQ in leg or wing webs
IM in pectoral
IO ulna or tibia |
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| non-feather tracks between feather tracks in birds |
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| 3 blood vessels to draw blood |
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jugular
basilic
medial metatarsal |
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| pigmented structure that is attached to retina and supplies nutrients to the vitreous |
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