Bird Health Flashcards
1
Q
Bad signs
A
- Chaning in droppings
- weight loss
- respiratory signs
- behavioral changes: sleep more, quieter
2
Q
best thing for health:
A
prevention
- HUSBANDRY
(reduce stress, space for exercise, Nutri, clean water, mental stimulation - toys)
- VACCINATIONS
- BIOSECURITY
3
Q
Biosecurity
A
- procedures intend to protect humans/aninals against diseases
- limit contact / quarantine
- wash hands. change clothes
4
Q
___ most common carriers of diseases
A
humans
5
Q
Can viral diseases treated with antibiotics?
A
No
6
Q
treatement to viral?
A
generally decrease stress, antibiotics only for secondary infections
7
Q
Pox
A
- afflict most birds
- spread by mosquitoes
Can vaccinate poultry
8
Q
Marek’s disease (chickens)
A
- can vaccinate day-old chicks
9
Q
Pacheco’s diseases (psittacines)
A
- die without symptoms
- some bird may be asymptomatic carriers
10
Q
PBFD (Psittacine Beak and Feather Diseases)
A
- “Cockatoo Syndrome”
- via circovirus
- FEATHER powder loss, dirty white feathers, retained sheaths/odd feathers
- BEAKS/NAILS lose pigment
11
Q
Avian Influenza
A
- mostly respiratory
sudden death with some strains
12
Q
Tuberculosis (mycobacterium avian)
A
- somewhat common
can affect immunocompromised humans
13
Q
Mycoplasmosis
A
- Esp. in galliforms and passerines
- respiratory or may see swollen joints, …
14
Q
Salmonellosis
A
- kills young birds
- respiratory, intestinal in older birds
can affect humans
15
Q
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
A
- parrot fever, ornithosis, chlamydiosis
- affect mucus membranes
- see diarrhea, sneezing, pneumonia
- death: malnutrition, dehydration
- possible organ attacks
- TO HUMANS: flu-like symptoms
