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Air Sack Mites ... Air Sack Rupture ... Allergic Alveolitis (human lung disease) ... Anatomy (Avian) ... Angel Wing ... Arthritis ... Aspergillosis ... Avian Brain Disease ... Avian Flu ... Avian Goiter (Thyroid Hyperplasia or Dysplasia) ... Avian Gout ... Avian Influenza ... Avian Pox ... Avian Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium avium)
Bacterial Infections ... Baldness ... Beak & Feather Disease ... Beak Problems / Deformities ... Bird Fancier's / Breeders Lungs (Allergic Alvolitis) ... Bird Flu ... Bird Mites ... Bite Wounds ... Biting Bugs / Mites ... Bleeding ... Blepharitis ... Blocked Gizzard ... Bordetella ... Borrowing Mites ... Botulism ... Brain Disease ... Breeding-related Problems ... Broken Beaks ... Broken Blood Feathers / Bleeding from Feathers ... Broken Legs / Toes ... Bronchitis ... Bumble Foot ... Burns ... Bursal Disease
Canary Pox Virus ... Candida / Candidiasis ... Cancer ... Canker (Trichomoniasis, more commonly known as “pigeon canker) ... Cataracts ... Chick Deformities ... Chlamydia / Chlamydiosis ... Chronic Egg Laying ... Crooked Beaks ... Cryptosporidium / Coccidia ... Coccidiosis ... Conjunctivitis ... Conure Bleeding Syndrome (CBS) ... Coryza ... Cracked / Injured Beaks ... Crooked Toes ... Crop Mycosis, Thrush
E-coli Infection ... Egg Binding ... Egg Laying (Chronic) ... Egg Yolk Peritonitis / Egg Peritonitis ... Emphysema ... Enteritis ... Eye Problems
Fatty Tumors ... Feather Cysts / Feather Lumps ... Feather Disorders ... Feather Lice ... Feather Plucking / Chewing ... Fibromas ... Fowl Cholera ... French Molt ... Frost Bites ... Fungal Infections
Giardia ... Gizzard (Blocked) ... Gout
Heavy Metal Poisoning ... Hemochromatosis ... Herpes ... Hypothyroidism
Infectious Bronchitis ... Infectious Bursal Disease ... Infectious Coryza ... Infectious Sinusitis ... Influenza ... Injured / Cracked / Broken Beaks ... Iron Storage Disease aka Iron Overload Disease (IOD)
Kidney Disease / Problems ... Knemidokoptes pilae
Lameness: Limping / Foot & Leg Problems - including paralysis and leg weakness ... Laryngotracheitis ... Lead Poisoning ... Limping ... Lipomas (Tumors) ... Liver Disease ... Lymhpoid Leukosis
Macaw Wasting Disease ... Marek's Disease ... Megabacteria / Megabacteriosis ... Metal Poisoning ... Mites & Lice ... Moniliasis (Crop Mycosis, Thrush) ... Mutilation ... Myialges Nudus ... Mycobacterim ... Mycoplasmosis
Necrotic Enteritis ... Neuropathic Gastric Dilatation ... Newcastles Disease ... Nutritional Disorders
Obesity ... Omphalitis ... Overheating
Pacheco's Disease ... Paralysis / Weak Legs ... Pasteurella ... Papilloma ... Parasites ... Parrot Beak (Deformed)
... Parrot Fever ... PBFD ... Pneumonia ... 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 & Scaly Feet Disease ... Scissors Beak ... Seizures ... Self / Skin-Mutilation ... Sinusitis ... Skin & Feather Disorders ... Slipped Wing ... Staph Infection / Staphylococcus ... Stargazing
Teflon Poisoning ... Thyroid Problems ... Toes - Crooked ... Tuberculosis ... Tumors (Cancer) ... Tumors (Fatty) ... Toxicities / Poisoning / Ingestion ... Trichomonas
Visceral Gout ... Visceral Leukosis (Marek's Disease) ... Vomiting
Watery Droppings ... Weight Gain / Weight Loss ... West Nile Virus ... Wet Vents ... Wing Problem / Angel Wing
Zinc Poisoning ... Zoonotic (Animal / Human) Diseases
REFERENCES / VALUABLE GENERAL INFORMATION
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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..
HERPES: Ask the Vet: What is Pacheco's Disease? ... Ask the Vet: Pacheco's Disease
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
PACHECO'S DISEASE: Ask the Vet: What is Pacheco's Disease? ... Pacheco's Disease - Avian Biotech ... Pacheco's Disease - Linda Pesek DVM; Aviary
PARASITES: Center for Disease Control Parasitology ... Ask the Vet: Trichomonas ... Trichomonas Tutotrial ... Infectious Disease Case #1 ... Life Cycle ... Giardia .... Coccidia / Cryptosporidium
PASTEURELLA: Acute Epiglottitis due to Pasteurella multocida in an Adult without Animal Exposure ... Of Purrs and Birds
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: Ask the Vet: Thyroid Enlargement ... Potentially Effective Herbs / Minerals
TRICHOMONAS: Ask the Vet: Trichomonas ... Trichomonas Tutotrial
Tip: Hiding medication in their favorite foods is a stress-free, convenient way to administer medicine.
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