2 Flashcards
what Dysecdysis
abnormal shedding
what to do in cases of dysecdysis
hydrate
heat
clinical eval
moist towels
sweat box
mechanical removal
what to do in cases of dystociain reptiles
- Heat and Hydration
- Clinical evaluation
- Egg milking
- Mechanical removal
- Surgery
- Antibiotics
what to do in cases of prolapse in reptiles
Heat & hydration
* Clinical evaluation: treat underlying cause
* Hypertonic saline or sugar solution
* Mechanical manipulation
* Suturing or surgery
* Antibiotics
what to do in metabolic bone diseases of reptiles
- Heat & hydration
- Clinical evaluation
- Modify diet
- Assess management
- Vitamin D
- Calcium
Things to look out for during visual and physical examination of birds
nasal discahrge
beak condition
body symmetry
breathing
ocular and auditory discharge
ocular clarity
posture and gait
feather condition
vent/cloaca
what birds: frugivores
hornbills
parrots
what birds: carnivores
eagles, owls, hawks
what bird: piscivores
pelicans, shearwaters, boobies
what birds: omnivores
eurasian tree sparrow, yellow-vented bulbul
what birds: granivores
chestnut munia, parrpt finch
what birds: insectivores
woodpeckers, bee eaters
what birds: nectra-feeders
olive-backed sunbirds, flower peckers
drug admin sites in birds
PO: if the mouth works, use it
* IM: breast muscle
* SC: nape or between the shoulder blades
* IV: tarso-metatarsal vein, jugular vein
* IOs: femur or ulna
* ICe: caudal coelom, needle directed downward with the animal in an upright position, or through the inguinal space
* Inhalation
* Topical
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