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Infectious Bronchitis ... Infectious Sinusitis ... Influenza ... Injured / Cracked / Broken Beaks ... Iron Storage Disease aka Iron Overload Disease (IOD)

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Lameness: Limping / Foot & Leg Problems - including paralysis and leg weakness ... Laryngotracheitis ... Lead Poisoning ... Limping ... Lipomas (Tumors) ... Liver Disease ... Loss of Voice

Macaw Wasting Disease ... Marek's Disease ... Megabacteria / Megabacteriosis ... Metal Poisoning ... Mites & Lice ... Moniliasis (Crop Mycosis, Thrush) ... Mutilation ... Myialges Nudus ... Mycobacterim ... Mycoplasmosis

Neuropathic Gastric Dilatation ... Newcastles Disease ... Nutritional Disorders

Obesity ... Overheating

Pacheco's Disease ... Paralysis / Weak Legs ... Pasteurella ... Papilloma ... Parasites ... Parrot Beak (Deformed) ... Parrot Fever ... PBFD ... Psittacosis / Chlamydiosis / Ornithosis ... Pseudomonas ... PDD ... Polyuria ... Poisoning ... Polyoma ... Pox Virus ... Prolapsed Cloaca ... Psittacine Beak & Feather Disease.

Regurgitation ... Renal Failure ... Respiratory Distress / Diseases ... Runny Droppings

Salmonella / Salmonellosis ... Sarcocystosis ... Scaly Face Mites ... Scaly Legs / Feet Disease ... Scissors Beak ... Seizures ... Self / Skin-Mutilation ... Sinusitis ... Skin & Feather Disorders ... Slipped Wing ... Staph Infection / Staphylococcus ... Stargazing

Tassle Foot ... Teflon Poisoning ... Thyroid Problems ... Toes - Crooked ... Tuberculosis ... Tumors (Cancer) ... Tumors (Fatty) ... Toxicities / Poisoning / Ingestion ... Trichomonas

Visceral Gout ... Visceral Leukosis (Marek's Disease) ... Voice (Loss or or Changes in) ... Vomiting

Watery Droppings ... Weight Gain / Weight Loss ... West Nile Virus ... Wing Problem / Angel Wing

Yeast Infections

Xanthomas (Fatty Tumors)

Zinc Poisoning ... Zoonotic (Animal / Human) Diseases


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Bite Wounds: Bite wounds from dogs and cats should be gently cleaned with betadine (a sugiscrub) and the bird taken immediately to a veterinarian. Bacteria from the dog or cat can get into the bird, causing a generalized bacterial infection known as septicemia. This can be fatal if not treated. The veterinarian will start the bird on aggresive antibiotic therapy and to suture the wounds, if necessary.. In an emergency, breeders are also using "Super Glue" to close wounds as it is sterile and will close gaps quickly. Super Glue was originally developed as an emergency wound dressing for use on the battlefield. This is something to be discussed with trained medical personnel, as I have heard some concerns about possible toxicity..


INFECTIOUS SINUSITIS: Molecular Epidemiologic Investigations of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Conjunctivitis in Songbirds by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analyses


MYCOPLASMOSIS: Mycoplasmosis (Chronic Respiratory Disease & Chronic Respiratory Disease, Air Sac Syndrome and Infectious Sinusitis; Mycoplasma Meleagridis Infection) ... Mississippi State University ... Wikipedia.org ... Additional information and photos added by Avianweb.


PACHECO'S DISEASE: Pacheco's Disease - Avian Biotech


PARASITES: Center for Disease Control Parasitology ... Trichomonas Tutotrial ... Infectious Disease Case #1 ... Giardia .... Coccidia / Cryptosporidium


PASTEURELLA: Acute Epiglottitis due to Pasteurella multocida in an Adult without Animal Exposure


PSEUDOMONAS: (Also go to "Bacterial Infections" for more information): Article: Why is Lactobacillus so important to your bird's health? ... Pseudomonas Aeruginosa - Lecture


SINUSITIS: Molecular Epidemiologic Investigations of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Conjunctivitis in Songbirds by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analyses


THYROID PROBLEMS: Potentially Effective Herbs / Minerals


TRICHOMONAS: Trichomonas Tutotrial


Tip: Hiding medication in their favorite foods is a stress-free, convenient way to administer medicine.


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