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Avian cases Flashcards

1
Q

What radiographic views are best for the wings?

A

AV or skyline view

(Useful for intraosseous catheters)

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2
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Is this normal?

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Yes!

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3
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What might tinted urine in bird feces indicate?

A

Liver problem

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4
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What’s wrong with this poop?

(#vetschoolproblems)

A

Contains digested blood (melena)

NOT to be confused with blood from stomach or intestines (below)

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5
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T/F: This is an example of an air sac that has popped out due to a puncture wound

A

FALSE

Air sacs do not pop out–air goes into the skin–> emphysema

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6
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How do you treat this?

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Pop and give anti-inflammatories

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7
Q

What is the most common cause of this?

Which bacterial organism is mostly associated with these cases?

A

Cats

P. multocida

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8
Q

What happened?

What material is involved?

Would you treat surgically?

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Shotgun pellets (from some dipshit)

Steel (smooth/round edges)

Would NOT treat surgically–too many/too deep; body just walls off foreign material

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9
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If a bird has a green wound is it bad/going to die??

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Not necessarily

Bruising is green in birds–they lack the enzyme to breakdown bilirubin

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10
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Identify the major bones (Cruz’s faves) and the problem:

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**luxation, not subluxation**

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11
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Is this a normal blood smear or is something wrong?

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Abnormal–lead poisoning

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12
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What sample needs to be submitted to diagnose lead poisoning?

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WHOLE BLOOD

Don’t be a narc and suggest only submitting plasma–you’ll be ridiculed in clinics

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13
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T/F: This is a normal blood smear

A

FALSE

Heterophilia–inflammatory process

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14
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Diagnosis?

A

Cataract

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15
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Diagnosis?

Treatment?

A

Sour crop

Remove, then administer pain meds, antibiotics, fluids, GI stimulants

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16
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What is the general fluid therapy guidelines for birds (maintenance, dehydration deficit)?

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Maintenance = 50ml/kg/day

Formula for fluid therapy = %dehydration x BW(in grams)

Correct dehydration over a 3 day period

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17
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Is this a male or a female? Why?

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Female

The long bones are bright = reproductive system = metabolically active tissue = female

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18
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What are the arrows pointing to?

A

Left = pectin

Right 2 = retinal tear/trauma

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19
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Diagnosis? What virus can cause it?

A

Mineralization

West Nile Virus

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20
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Species?

Problem?

Etiology?

A

Finch

Inflammation/problem with eyes (conjunctivitis)

Mycoplasma spp.

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21
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Etiology?

A

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (chronic)

22
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T/F: This is the classic presentation of a liver infected with M**ycoplasma spp.

A

FALSE

Liver with Mycobacteriosis

23
Q

Species?

Description of problems?

Diagnosis?

A

Red Tailed Hawk

Lesions around beak and on feet

Avian pox virus

24
Q

What should you ALWAYS remember when handling birds?

A

DO NOT RESTRICT MOVEMENT OF THE KEEL AND RIBS

You will be a murderer. Shame on you.

25
Q

What’s wrong with this picture?

A

Nothing!

Secure head and feet (indirectly securing the wings in the process)

26
Q

What is the main concern with this procedure?

A

Aspiration pneumonia

27
Q

What is being shown in this radiograph?

What is a helpful tip when performing this procedure (not the radiograph)?

A

Intraosseous catheter in the ULNA

Since you’re using the needle to drill through bone it’s common for bone to get stuck in the end. Once you’re in the bone remove the original needle and replace with a new one.

28
Q

Infectious, disease, or husbandry?

A

Infectious:

Scaley leg disease/mites

29
Q

Diagnosis?

What is the treatment?

A

Cnemidokoptes mange (Cnemidocoptes pilae)

200ug/kg ivermectin PO or SQ and repeat dose at 2 weeks

30
Q

What is circled?

A

Stress bars

31
Q

What’s wrong with this handsome bird?

A

Nothing, you judgmental prick.

32
Q

Diagnosis?

A

Avian borna virus (proventricular dilation disease)

33
Q

Normal air sacs?

A

No–right side is all jacked up

34
Q

Diagnosis?

A

Aspergillosis

(Rads: no space in upper resp. = BAD)

35
Q

Normal?

A

No–too much air

Birds should have a waist

36
Q

How should you proceed if an owner brings in a bird showing signs of illness?

A

CAREFULLY

  • Warn owners of severity of the situation (might drop dead)
  • Put in oxygen chamber–nice quiet area
  • Go in later to give medications/fluids/etc.
  • Put back in O2 tank/quiet area and wait
  • Go back later for more invasive tests
37
Q

Why do sick birds often appear perfectly healthy?

A

Adrenaline

38
Q

T/F: Sex can be determined via endoscopy

A

TRUE

39
Q

Find the proventriculus, ventriculus, and spleen:

A
40
Q

Label the radiograph.

What disease did the bird have?

A
41
Q

Do birds have hard or soft abscesses? Why?

A

HARD

Heterophils make pus hard

42
Q

Species?

Abnormality?

A

Scarlet Macaw

Papillomavirus lesion is covering the palatine fissure

43
Q

Diagnosis?

A

Gout

(2 forms: vesicular and articular)

44
Q

Diagnosis?

(With a side of nightmares)

A

APVM-1

45
Q

Diagnosis?

A

Lens luxation

(Black area = ciliary bodies from iris)

Blind in left eye

46
Q

Infectious, husbandry, nutritional, or genetic?

A

Husbandry + genetic

47
Q

Infectious, nutritional, genetic, or husbandry?

A

Infectious

PBFD (Psitticine beak and feather disease)

AKA rot beak

48
Q

Diagnosis?

A

Ascarids

49
Q

What type of fracture is this?

A

Chronic

50
Q

Diagnosis?

A

Trichomonas

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