Common Diseases of Birds 1 Flashcards
Which two heavy metals are commonly toxic to birds?
Lead and zinc
List five crop disorders of birds.
Ingluvitis
Crop stasis
Crop burns
Crop impaction
Sour crop (fermentation of crop contents)
What is the scientific name for avian gastric yeast?
Macrorhabdus ornithogaster
List 5 signs of avian gastric yeast infection
Progressive weight loss
Polyphagia
Regurgitation/vomiting (seen in the staining round the beak)
Undigested seeds in faeces
High morbidity
List two methods of diagnosis of avian gastric yeast in the live bird
Faecal cytology
Proventricular wash for cytology
What is the main treatment for avian gastric yeast?
Amphotericin B 100-300mk/kg sid PO x 30 days
Which virus is associated with proventricular dilatation disease?
Avian Bornavirus
How is proventricular dilatation disease spread?
Faecal oral route
Why should you include a blood vessels with an adjacent nerve when you are taking a crop biopsy for porventricular dilatation disease?
Lymphoplasmacytic ganglioneuritis
How can you reduce inflammation around nerves in proventricular dilatation disease?
Celecoxib (COX-2 inhibitor)
List 6 clinical signs you may see with avian liver disease
Non-specific: fluffed up, lethargy, weight loss or gain, sudden death
Biliverdinuria: yellow/green urates
Poor feather quality/colour change
Beak overgrowth/flaking
Respiratory compromise
Hepatic encephalopathy
What may you see on the radiography of a bird with liver disease?
Loss of hourglass shap of the cardiac and hepatic silhouettes
Name a hepatoprotectant you can use in liver disease of birds.
Milk thistle
Which avian respiratory disease is key to rule out?
Chlamydia psittaci
How can you treat obstructive dynspneoa in a bird?
Air sac tube placement into the caudal thoracic air sac
