Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian

Description

Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian presents complete information on diseases and conditions seen in birds in a quick-reference format ideal for clinical practice.

• Offers fast access to essential information on 128 avian diseases and syndromes
• Written by leading experts in avian medicine
• Uses the trusted Five-Minute Veterinary Consult format
• Focuses on practical clinical knowledge
• Includes access to a companion website offering algorithms, procedure guides, and client education handouts to download, edit, and use in practice

Contents

Adenoviruses
Aggression (in Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*)
Airborne toxins*
Air sac mites
Air sac rupture
Anemia
Angel wing*
Anorexia
Anticoagulant rodenticide
Arthritis*
Ascites
Aspergillosis*
Aspiration
Atherosclerosis*
Avian influenza
Avocado toxins (in Plant and Avocado toxins*)
Beak fracture
Beak malocclusion
Bite wounds
Biting (in Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*)
Bordetellosis
Botulism
Brain tumors (in CNS tumors, Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors)
Campylobacteriosis
Candidiasis
Carbamate toxicity (in Organophosphate and Carbamate toxicity)
Cardiac disease*
Cere and skin, color changes
Chlamydiosis*
Chronic egg laying*
Circoviruses
Cloacal disease*
Clostridiosis
CNS tumors, Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors
Coagulation (in Coagulopathies and Coagulation)
Coagulopathies and Coagulation
Coccidiosis, intestinal
Coccidiosis, systemic
Coelomic distention
Colibacillosis
Crop stasis (in Ingluvial hypomotility, Crop stasis and Ileus)
Cryptosporidiosis
Cystic Ovaries (in Ovarian cysts, Neoplasia and Cystic ovaries*)
Dehydration
Dermatitis
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes mellitus (in Hyperglycemia and Diabetes mellitus)
Diarrhea
Dyslipidemia and Hyperlipidemia
Dystocia and Egg binding
Ectoparasites
Egg binding (in Dystocia and Egg binding)
Egg yolk and Reproductive coelomitis
Emaciation
Enteritis and Gastritis
Feather cyst
Feather damaging behavior and Self-injurious behavior*
Feather disorders
Fecal discoloration (in Urate and Fecal discoloration)
Flagellate enteritis
Fractures and Luxations
Gastritis (in Enteritis and Gastritis)
Gastrointestinal foreign bodies
Gastrointestinal helminthiasis and Intestinal helminthiasias
Heavy metal toxicity*
Hemoparasites
Hemorrhage
Hepatic lipidosis
Herpesviruses
Hyperglycemia and Diabetes mellitus
Hyperlipidemia (in Dyslipidemia and Hyperlipidemia)
Hyperuricemia
Hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia*
Ileus (in Ingluvial hypomotility, Crop stasis and Ileus)
Infertility
Ingluvial hypomotility, Crop stasis and Ileus
Intestinal helminthiasis (in Gastrointestinal helminthiasis and Intestinal helminthiasias)
Iron storage disease
Lameness
Lipoma
Liver disease*
Luxations (in Fractures and Luxations)
Lymphoid leucosis (in Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis)
Lymphoid neoplasia
Macrorhabdus ornithogaster*
Marek’s disease (in Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis)
Metabolic bone disease
Mycobacteriosis
Mycoplasmosis
Mycotoxicosis
Neurologic conditions
Nutritional deficiencies*
Obesity*
Ocular lesions
Oil exposure
Oral plaques
Organophosphate and Carbamate toxicity
Osteomyelosclerosis and Polyostotic hyperostosis
Otitis
Ovarian cysts, Neoplasia and Cystic ovaries*
Ovarian Neoplasia (in Ovarian cysts, Neoplasia and Cystic ovaries*)
Overgrown beak and nails*
Overgrown nails (in Overgrown beak and nails*)
Oviductal disease (in Salpingitis, Oviductal disease and Uterine disorders)
Pancreatic diseases
Papilloma, cutaneous
Paramyxoviruses
Pasteurellosis
Phallus prolapse
Pituitary tumors (in CNS tumors, Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors)
Plant and Avocado toxins*
Pneumonia
Pododermatitis*
Polydipsea
Polyomavirus*
Polyostotic hyperostosis (in Osteomyelosclerosis and Polyostotic hyperostosis)
Polyuria
Poxvirus
Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*
Proventricular dilation disease (PDD)*
Regurgitation and Vomiting*
Renal disease*
Respiratory distress
Reproductive coelomitis (in Egg yolk and Reproductive coelomitis)
Reticuloendotheliosis (in Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis)
Rhinitis and Sinusitis*
Salmonellosis
Salpingitis, Oviductal disease and Uterine disorders
Sarcocystis
Screaming (in Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*)
Seizure
Self-injurious behavior (in Feather damaging behavior and Self-injurious behavior*)
Sick-bird syndrome*
Sinusitis (in Rhinitis and Sinusitis*)
Slipped tendon (in Splay leg and Slipped tendon)
Splay leg and Slipped tendon
Squamous cell carcinoma
Syringeal disease (in Tracheal disease and Syringeal disease)
Thyroid diseases
Toxoplasmosis
Tracheal disease and Syringeal disease
Trauma*
Trichomoniasis
Tumors
Undigested food in droppings
Urate and Fecal discoloration
Uropygial gland disease
Uterine disorders (in Salpingitis, Oviductal disease and Uterine disorders)
Viral disease
Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis
Vitamin D toxicosis
Vomiting (in Regurgitation and Vomiting*)
West Nile virus
Xanthoma

Appendices
Appendix 1: Common Dosages for Birds
Appendix 2: Normal Values for Birds
Appendix 3: Laboratory Testing
Appendix 4: Viral diseases of concern
Appendix 5: Zoonotic diseases of concern and personal protection
Appendix 6: Common Avian Toxins and Their Clinical Signs
Appendix 7: Clinical algorithms
Algorithm 1: Sick bird syndrome
Algorithm 2: Diarrhea
Algorithm 3: Regurgitation and vomiting
Algorithm 4: Respiratory distress
Algorithm 5: Coelomic distention
Algorithm 6: Egg binding
Algorithm 7: Anemia
Algorithm 8: Oropharyngeal lesions
Algorithm 9: Neurologic signs
Algorithm 10: Polydipsia
Algorithm 11: Polyuria
Algorithm 12: Feather damaging behavior
Algorithm 13: Lameness
Algorithm 14: Hyperuricemia
Algorithm 15: Hepatopathy
Index

Author

Jennifer E. Graham, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (Avian / Exotic Companion Mammal), Dipl. ACZM, is an Assistant Professor of Zoological Companion Animal Medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA.