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QUILL MITES IN BRAZILIAN PSITTACINE BIRDS (AVES: PSITTACIFORMES)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2012
The primary and secondary feathers of 170 Brazilian psittacine birds (Aves: Psittaciformes) were examined in order to identify feather quill mite fauna. Birds were held captive in two locations in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), and two in the state of Espirito Santo (ES).
Cassius Catão Gomes, Jardim, Lucas Maciel, Cunha, Leandro do Carmo, Rezende, Cristina Mara, Teixeira, Nelson Rodrigo da Silva, Martins, Paulo Roberto, de Oliveira, Romário Cerqueira, Leite, João Luiz Horácio, Faccini, Rômulo Cerqueira, Leite   +8 more
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Radiographic determination of proventricular diameter in psittacine birds

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2008
Abstract Objective—To establish an objective method of determining proventricular diameter in psittacine birds by assessment of lateral whole-body radiographic views. Design—Retrospective case-control study. Animals—100 parrots with no signs of gastric disease and 19 parrots with signs of gastric disease.
Sophie E, Dennison, Joanne R, Paul-Murphy, William M, Adams   +2 more
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Mycobacteriosis in Companion Psittacine Birds: A Review

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 2007
Mycobacteriosis has long been recognized as a disease of companion psittacine birds. In this review, the signalment, clinical signs of disease, and diagnosis of mycobacteriosis in psittacine birds are presented. Although treatment of birds with mycobacteriosis is controversial, therapeutic protocols for use in psittacine birds have been developed based
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Proventricular Dilatation Syndrome in Large Psittacine Birds

Avian Diseases, 1984
Proventricular dilatation was diagnosed in 16 psittacine birds. Signs included anorexia, lethargy, weight loss, and intermittent vomiting. The proventriculus in all birds was thin-walled and impacted with ingesta and occupied most of the body cavity.
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Wound healing and management in psittacine birds

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2004
Psittacines and other companion avian species often develop wounds requiring some form of medical or surgical therapy. Advancing technology in the field of wound care and management continues to evolve for use by the veterinary clinician. Although not all wounds can be successfully treated, many can be reduced and minimized with therapy.
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Electrocardiography in psittacine birds and ferrets

Seminars in Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine, 2005
Abstract Based on the available information from canine and feline electrocardiography, an overview of the physiological basis, the indications, limitations, and interpretation of the ECG is presented. Where possible, specific information regarding the avian and ferret ECG is given, and several ECGs from parrots and ferrets with cardiac disease are ...
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Zoonoses in Psittacine Birds

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1984
B, Panigrahy, J E, Grimes, F D, Clark
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Feather Picking and Self-Mutilation in Psittacine Birds

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2001
Feather-picking and self-mutilation behaviors are common in psittacine birds. These behaviors are best defined as stereotypic behaviors or obsessive compulsive disorders. There is likely a genetic predisposition for these behaviors as reflected in the overrepresentation of a number of species of psittacines.
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Papillomas in psittacine birds

Veterinary Record, 1986
J. Cooper, M. Lawton, A. Greenwood
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Chemical immobilization of Psittacine birds.

2015
Avian manual restraint often causes stress that may be fatal to the patient and chemical immobilization is frequently used as a less stressful alternative in many procedures for birds. Non painful procedures, such as radiography or ophthalmoscopy require a most simplistic approach than surgery.
MAUTHE DEGERFELD, Mitzy, DOGLIERO, ANDREA, QUARANTA, Giuseppe   +2 more
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