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Birds Flashcards

1
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Cause of achromatosis

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Nutritional low choline, lyseine, riboflavin)= white feathers

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2
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Swollen, distended neck

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Ruptured cerviacl air sac

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3
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Place IO catheter

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Ulna, tibiotarsus

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4
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Where do you cut when you trim wings

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Rachis- shaft/axis of feather- (think rachis/axis

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5
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Aptera

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Featherless tract for venipuncture (one on neck for jugular)

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6
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Rhamphotheca

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Keratin sheath on beak

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7
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Choana

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slit in top of mouth connecting nasal and oral ssytem

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8
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Where is esophagus

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RIGHT side- tube feed here

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9
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Sex chromosomes, eclectus parrot colors

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Male: ZZ; Female: ZW (eclectus parrot- male green, female red)

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10
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Safe blood draw amount

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1% (100g bird, 1 mL blood)

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11
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What food causes myocardial necrosis in parrots

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Avocado

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12
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SQ fluids

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Groin skin fold, between shoulders

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13
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Liver- specific values

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AST (also mm, check CK), bile acids

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14
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Psittacine normal poop

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2/3 G+ cocci, 1/3 G+ rod, 200/hpf bacteria, no WBC, few yeast (changes = immunosuppression/infection)

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15
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All seed diet deficiencies

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Calcium, vitamin A

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16
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Yellow mass on wing tip or breast

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Xanthoma- like a lipoma (lipid, cholesterol clefts)

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17
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Species- xanthoma

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Cockatiels, cockatoos, budgies (think house birds, like lipoma is common in dogs)

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18
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Baby bird with respiratory distress; dx, tx

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hepatic lipidosis from PB or oil in diet- cooling, oxygen

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19
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Cloacal prolapse with fleshy pink proliferations; tx

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Cloacal papilloma- can dx bc blanch white with acetic acid solution; sx removal or chem cautery

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20
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Cloacal papilloma breeds

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Amazon Macaw

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21
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3 CS renal adenocarc

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unlateral ischiatic nerve compresssion lameness, weight loss, PD

22
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Decreased appetite, fluffed on bottom of cage, vent with red tissue

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HypoCa

23
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Cause, CS of goiter

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Thyroid hyperplasia iodine deficiency- voice change, stertor, regurge, right jugular engorgement

24
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CS- Macaw wasting dz

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enlarged proventriculus, passing undigested seeds, nervous signs (ataxia, weird head movements), chronic weight loss

25
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Resp signs and white papules in oral cavity of Amazon

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HypoVitA (ddx white oral plaques- candida, pox, trichomonas, capillaria, papillomatosis)

26
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Common sequelae of renal dz, tx

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Synovial gout shifting leg lameness d/t uric acid crystalization in synovium- Tx with allopurinol, low protein diet

27
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CS, etio of hemosiderosis

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Iron accumulation –> poor feathering, overgrown beak

28
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Tx egg binding

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Ca supplementation, warm/dark environment, oxytocin, lube

29
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Cause of Macaw wasting dz

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ABV proventricular dilation

30
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Cause of proventricular dilation

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Avian Borna Virus (ABV) (think proV= virus) neurotropic virus

31
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Fluffed feathers, anorexia, dyspnea, coelomic distension

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Egg yolk peritonitis-

32
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Species NOT affected by aspergillosis unless stressed; common species, Tx

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Psittacines (common: raptors, penguins, waterfowl); amphoteracin B or -azoles

33
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Cause of cockatiel pulling feathers

A

giardia

34
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Etio- pacheco’s dz, CS

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Herpes- acute, fata liver necrosis

35
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Reportable bird dz

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Chlamydophila psittaci (parrot fever)- zoonotic

36
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Three causes of fluffed feathers

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HypoCa, egg yolk peritonitis, pacheco’s dz (herpes)

37
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CS, path findings- mycobacterium avium

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Chronic weight loss (tuberculosis, zoo)- enlarged liver with diffuse white nodules, granulomatous inflammation, acid-fast bacilli

38
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Tx tuberculosis

A

Azithromycin

39
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Lime green urates, respiratory effort, anorexia: Dx, Tx

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Chlamydophila psittici (parrot fever- zoo, report) - Doxy for 45 d (fever, sore throat, tight chest in human)

40
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What should always be ruled out with beak abnormalities

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Liver failure

41
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Yellow diarrhea and sudden death

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Pacheco’s dz- herpes

42
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Histo- pacheco’s dz

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Herpes- eosinophil intranuclear inclusion bodies in spleen and liver

43
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Honey comb beak

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Cnemidocoptes

44
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Tx candidiasis

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Nystatin or azoles, vitamin A supplement (in chickens: copper sulfate in water, nystatin in feed)

45
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Bright red droppings, PUPD

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lead toxicosis- chewing windowsil

46
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Which mites in chickens should be treated via environment? on bird?

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Env: common red mite (dermanyssus gallinae); Bird: northern fowl mite (ornithonyssus bursae) (THINK: ornithologists live north)

47
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White caseous lesions in oral cavity of birds, name species common

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Trichomoniasis: falcon, pigeon, raptor

48
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Cause of chicken egg-drop syndrome

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Adenovirus

49
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Cause of lymphoma in chicken, CS

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Reticuloendotheliosis retrovirus; runting (weight loss, poor feather, thymus/bursal atrophy, tumors anywhere)

50
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Cause of nutritional encephalomalacia in chickens, other CS, signalment

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Vit E deficiency: exudative diathesis, mypoathy; 15-30d chick

51
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What does choline deficiency cause in turkeys

A

thick bowed legs, stunting, poor feather, chondrodysplasia (d/t high requirement)

52
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Liver dz poop color

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green

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