GIT Flashcards
Upper alimernatry tract of a bird consists of what? Lower?
What are you looking for in the upper alimentary tract– tongue and beak to ensure health in birds?
What is trichomoniasis?
Trichomoniasis signs, diagnosis and lesions
Trichomoniasis DDX, tx, and control?
DDX stomatitis
Trichomoniasis
What are you looking for in the oesophagus and crop to ensure health?
All about crop mycosis (Candidiasis)
Crop problem ddx
crop mycosis (Candidiasis), crop fistula, crop helminthiasis
FB and hardware disease in birds (proventriculus, interventriculus, gizzard (ventriculus))
Heavy metal toxicity in waterfowl
Heavy metal toxicity in parrots
Proventricular Dilatation Syndrome
Megabacteriosis
Gizzard ulceration
Proventricular and gizzard parasitism
Control of Trichomoniasis
DDX Trichomoniasis in budgies, pigeons, and raptors
Stomatitis in gallinacious birds
Tx of crop mycosis
Treatment and control?
Treatment/control
* Amphotericin B
* Acidify drinking water
* Probiotics
Contracaecum spp.
Diagnosis?
Diagnosis
* Radiology, blood lead
* Serum chemistry: decreased delta ALAD, haeme synthesis, protoporphyrin increased, FEPP, ZnPP
*Anaemia
Signs of acute lead poisoning
Treatment of lead poisoning
Primary lymphoid tissues in birds
Secondary Lymphoid tissues
Maternally derived passive immunity
Immune tolerance in birds
* Ag presented to early embryo, won’t be recognized as foreign (e.g. congenitally transmitted disease)