Diseases of cage and aviary birds
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Bibliographic Information
Diseases of cage and aviary birds
Williams & Wilkins, c1996
3rd ed
Available at 3 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This reference emphasizes practical approaches to avian medicine and surgery. It covers topics such as wild birds, clinical laboratory procedures and interpretation, and general avian care.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: sources of information
- common types of caged birds and comments on their temperaments and pet quality
- caged bird behaviour, taming and psychology with common behavioural problems and solutions
- studies to determine the intelligence of an African grey parrot
- caging and environment
- special equipment
- pet avian grooming
- hand-raising psittacines
- setting up an avian practice
- tips for the successful avian veterinarian
- companion avian bond
- client communication
- anatomy
- perspectives on structure and function in birds
- nutrition
- practical feeding strategies for individual pet birds
- history (anamnesis)
- physical examination of the avian patient
- physical restraint and handling
- practical avian therapeutics with dosages of commonly used drugs
- pet avian conditions and syndromes
- psittacine paediatrics - medicine, surgery and management
- emergency medicine
- diseases of the endocrine system
- diseases of the avian eye
- disorders of the skin and feathers - A - pathologic aspects, B - feather picking and therapy
- disorders of the respiratory system
- avian cardiology
- disorders of the GI system
- reproductive disorders in birds
- degenerative diseases
- developmental anomalies
- metabolic disorders
- neoplasia
- nutritional disorders
- idiopathic disorders
- allergies in pet birds
- toxic disorders
- traumatic disorders
- zoonotic disorders
- avian viral diseases
- bacterial diseases
- avian chlamydiosis
- fungal diseases
- yeast diseases
- parasitic diseases - A - GI parasites, B - respiratory parasites, C - skin parasites, D - haematoparasites
- avian radiology
- anaesthesiology
- bandaging and collaring
- soft tissue surgery
- hysterectomy
- otoscope sexing
- laparoscopy
- beak repair and surgery
- orthopaedic surgery
- haematology
- avian clinical biochemistry
- urinalysis
- microbiology
- cytology
- serology
- detection of chlamydial infections
- using clinical pathology results in avian clinical medicine with case reports
- nonsurgical sex technology
- pathology of caged birds - major diseases encountered in pet avian medicine
- avicultural medicine. Part 2: medicine and surgery of canaries and finches
- medicine and surgery of mynahs
- medicine and surgery of toucans
- husbandry and diseases of domestic pigeons
- medicine and surgery of gallinaceous birds (common and ornamental)
- medicine and surgery of anseriformes (ducks, geese and swans)
- care of orphan birds
- diseases and care of wild passerines
- clinical management and biomedicine
- ratite medicine and surgery
- rehabilitation of birds of prey.
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