Bird Health Flashcards
Bad signs
- Chaning in droppings
- weight loss
- respiratory signs
- behavioral changes: sleep more, quieter
best thing for health:
prevention
- HUSBANDRY
(reduce stress, space for exercise, Nutri, clean water, mental stimulation - toys)
- VACCINATIONS
- BIOSECURITY
Biosecurity
- procedures intend to protect humans/aninals against diseases
- limit contact / quarantine
- wash hands. change clothes
___ most common carriers of diseases
humans
Can viral diseases treated with antibiotics?
No
treatement to viral?
generally decrease stress, antibiotics only for secondary infections
Pox
- afflict most birds
- spread by mosquitoes
Can vaccinate poultry
Marek’s disease (chickens)
- can vaccinate day-old chicks
Pacheco’s diseases (psittacines)
- die without symptoms
- some bird may be asymptomatic carriers
PBFD (Psittacine Beak and Feather Diseases)
- “Cockatoo Syndrome”
- via circovirus
- FEATHER powder loss, dirty white feathers, retained sheaths/odd feathers
- BEAKS/NAILS lose pigment
Avian Influenza
- mostly respiratory
sudden death with some strains
Tuberculosis (mycobacterium avian)
- somewhat common
can affect immunocompromised humans
Mycoplasmosis
- Esp. in galliforms and passerines
- respiratory or may see swollen joints, …
Salmonellosis
- kills young birds
- respiratory, intestinal in older birds
can affect humans
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
- parrot fever, ornithosis, chlamydiosis
- affect mucus membranes
- see diarrhea, sneezing, pneumonia
- death: malnutrition, dehydration
- possible organ attacks
- TO HUMANS: flu-like symptoms
Coccidiosis (PROTOZOAL)
- Common in galliforms, less in psittacines
- intestine damage
- diarrhea, bloody
Giardiasis (PROTOZOAL)
- budgerigars
intestinal
Candidiasis (FUNGAL)
- Yeast infection, sour crop, crop necrosis
poor hygiene in hand feeding
Lice/mites (PARASITIC)
- Blood sucks
- eat feathers
- galliforms, wild birds
Air Sac Mites (PARASITES)
- Canaries, finches
Worms (PARASITES)
- roundworms, gapeworms
- Galliforms
Hypocalcemia (NUTRITIONAL)
- Egg binding
- low Ca2+ grains
beak/bones deforms
Obesity (NUTRITIONAL)
nutri
toxic agents
- CO
- Overheated teflon
- Salt
- Hardwares (birds will eat shiny/interesting objects)
Why wing clipping? Whyonly one wing?
- clip pet birds’ wings so they wouldn’t fly away
- clip only one wing so they can’t fly properly to get far
Concerns with wing clipping
- risk of injury
- lack of exercise
