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avian Flashcards

1
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scientific name for parrots

A

psittacines

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african grey parrots

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highly intelligent, mimic speech, bored easily, playful, require a lot of attention

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macaw

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giants of parrot world, big voices and attitudes, playful, love to chew, intelligent

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amazon parrots

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playful, extroverted, independent, excellent talkers

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budgies

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aka parakeets, playful, intelligent, inexpensive, non destructive, gentle, quiet

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cockatiels

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playful, intelligent, non destructive, gentle, relatively quiet

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cockatoos

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intelligent, cuddly, require a lot of attention, needy, tend to pluck feathers

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8
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conures

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playful and spunky

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eclectus parrot

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intelligent, gentle, do not like noise, very vocal

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lories

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busy and lively, can develop behavior disorders and self mutilate, playtime is essential, fruit diet

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lovebird

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short tails, playful, if paired may not bond with humans

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12
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feathers are made of____

A

keratin

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13
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flight feathers

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large feathers of wings and tails

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14
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primaries

A

og from carpus and metatarsus

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15
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secondaries

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og from radius and ulna

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16
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tertiaries

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closest to body

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16
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contour feathers

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all over the body

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17
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down feathers

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trap air in, insulating

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18
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birds do not have____

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sweat glands, diaphragm, or lymph nodes

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19
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femur, humerus, and some vertebrae are ____

A

pneumatic bones

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20
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avian hearts are roughly______ larger than mammalian heart

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1.5-2

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21
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_________ is used to asses vein refill time and dehydration

A

cutaneous ulnar vein

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22
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best to give parental meds to ______ part of body

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front

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23
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renal-portal system

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blood from caudal half of body my pass through kidneys before reaching the heart

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24
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_______ used to determine renal function

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uric acid

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25
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ophthalmology

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large optic nerve, eye makes up 15% bodyweight, iris is involuntary striated muscle

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26
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syrinx

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voice box

27
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birds have lungs but also ______

A

8 air sacs

28
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holding a bird too tight can ______

A

suffocate it

29
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crop

A

located in the “throat”, peristalsis

30
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gizzard

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stomach

31
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cecum

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only in chickens

32
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gallbladders

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not in parrots

33
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parrot feces

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90% gram positive organisms

34
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waterfowl raptor and poultry feces

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mostly gram negative organisms

35
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passerine feces

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very little bacteria, gram positive

36
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______ should NOT be seen in parrot species

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clostridium

37
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avian reproductive system

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male: 2 testes
female: one left ovary and oviduct

38
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Chlamydophila psittaci

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bacterial disease characterized by depression, anorexia, lethargy, dyspnea, nasal ocular discharge, green urates, enlarged spleen

39
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is C. psittaci zoonotic and reportable

A

yes and yes

40
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transmission of C. psittaci

A

inhalation or ingestion of spores

41
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Dx of C. psittaci

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elisa, pcr, ifa

42
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Tx of C. psittaci

A

45 days of doxycycline

43
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canary pox

A

URI signs with raised papules

44
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transmission of canary pox

A

mosquito or mechanical means through broken skin

45
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Dx of canary pox

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bollinger bodies in skin and mucosal cells

46
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Tx of canary pox

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supportive

47
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prevention of canary pox

A

vaccinate every 6 months

48
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etiology of polyomavirus

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non-enveloped virus, stable environment

49
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clinical signs of polyomavirus

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depression, anorexia, delayed crop emptying, regurg, dehydration, diarrhea, dyspnea, polyuria

50
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transmission of polyomavirus

A

infected bodily fluids

51
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Dx of polyomavirus

A

PCR of feces or tissue

52
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prevention of polyomavirus

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vaccine

53
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PBFD

A

Psittacine beak and feather disease

54
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etiology of PBFD

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circovirus, non-enveloped, environmentally stable

55
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transmission of PBFD

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shed in feces, feather dander, bodily excretions

56
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clinical signs of PBFD

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progressive symmetrical dystrophy of feathers and may lead to alopecia

57
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Dx of PBFD

A

DNA probe test, follicle Bx

58
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prognosis of PBFD

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fatal once signs show up

59
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etiology of papillomatosis

A

herpesvirus

60
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clinical signs of papillomatosis

A

wart-like masses on cloaca, oropharynx, weight loss, blood in stool

61
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Dx of papillomatosis

A

appearance

62
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Tx of papillomatosis

A

removing lesions and applying silver nitrate

63
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west nile etiology

A

flavivirus

64
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transmission of west nile

A

mosquitoes

65
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clinical signs of west nile

A

neurologic, death

66
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prevention of west nile

A

horse vaccine

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