BLACKWELL'S FIVE-MINUTE VETERINARY CONSULT: AVIAN

• Adenoviruses
• Aggression (in Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*)
• Airborne toxins*
• Air sac mites
• Air sac rupture
• Anemia
• Angel wing*
• Anorexia
• Anticoagulant rodenticide
• Arthritis*
• Ascites
• Aspergillosis*
• Aspiration
• Atherosclerosis*
• Avian influenza
• Avocado toxins (in Plant and Avocado toxins*)
• Beak fracture
• Beak malocclusion
• Bite wounds
• Biting (in Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*)
• Bordetellosis
• Botulism
• Brain tumors (in CNS tumors, Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors)
• Campylobacteriosis
• Candidiasis
• Carbamate toxicity (in Organophosphate and Carbamate toxicity)
• Cardiac disease*
• Cere and skin, color changes
• Chlamydiosis*
• Chronic egg laying*
• Circoviruses
• Cloacal disease*
• Clostridiosis
• CNS tumors, Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors
• Coagulation (in Coagulopathies and Coagulation)
• Coagulopathies and Coagulation
• Coccidiosis, intestinal
• Coccidiosis, systemic
• Coelomic distention
• Colibacillosis
• Crop stasis (in Ingluvial hypomotility, Crop stasis and Ileus)
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cystic Ovaries (in Ovarian cysts, Neoplasia and Cystic ovaries*)
• Dehydration
• Dermatitis
• Diabetes insipidus
• Diabetes mellitus (in Hyperglycemia and Diabetes mellitus)
• Diarrhea
• Dyslipidemia and Hyperlipidemia
• Dystocia and Egg binding
• Ectoparasites
• Egg binding (in Dystocia and Egg binding)
• Egg yolk and Reproductive coelomitis
• Emaciation
• Enteritis and Gastritis
• Feather cyst
• Feather damaging behavior and Self-injurious behavior*
• Feather disorders
• Fecal discoloration (in Urate and Fecal discoloration)
• Flagellate enteritis
• Fractures and Luxations
• Gastritis (in Enteritis and Gastritis)
• Gastrointestinal foreign bodies
• Gastrointestinal helminthiasis and Intestinal helminthiasias
• Heavy metal toxicity*
• Hemoparasites
• Hemorrhage
• Hepatic lipidosis
• Herpesviruses
• Hyperglycemia and Diabetes mellitus
• Hyperlipidemia (in Dyslipidemia and Hyperlipidemia)
• Hyperuricemia
• Hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia*
• Ileus (in Ingluvial hypomotility, Crop stasis and Ileus)
• Infertility
• Ingluvial hypomotility, Crop stasis and Ileus
• Intestinal helminthiasis (in Gastrointestinal helminthiasis and Intestinal helminthiasias)
• Iron storage disease
• Lameness
• Lipoma
• Liver disease*
• Luxations (in Fractures and Luxations)
• Lymphoid leucosis (in Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis)
• Lymphoid neoplasia
• Macrorhabdus ornithogaster*
• Marek’s disease (in Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis)
• Metabolic bone disease
• Mycobacteriosis
• Mycoplasmosis
• Mycotoxicosis
• Neurologic conditions
• Nutritional deficiencies*
• Obesity*
• Ocular lesions
• Oil exposure
• Oral plaques
• Organophosphate and Carbamate toxicity
• Osteomyelosclerosis and Polyostotic hyperostosis
• Otitis
• Ovarian cysts, Neoplasia and Cystic ovaries*
• Ovarian Neoplasia (in Ovarian cysts, Neoplasia and Cystic ovaries*)
• Overgrown beak and nails*
• Overgrown nails (in Overgrown beak and nails*)
• Oviductal disease (in Salpingitis, Oviductal disease and Uterine disorders)
• Pancreatic diseases
• Papilloma, cutaneous
• Paramyxoviruses
• Pasteurellosis
• Phallus prolapse
• Pituitary tumors (in CNS tumors, Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors)
• Plant and Avocado toxins*
• Pneumonia
• Pododermatitis*
• Polydipsea
• Polyomavirus*
• Polyostotic hyperostosis (in Osteomyelosclerosis and Polyostotic hyperostosis)
• Polyuria
• Poxvirus
• Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*
• Proventricular dilation disease (PDD)*
• Regurgitation and Vomiting*
• Renal disease*
• Respiratory distress
• Reproductive coelomitis (in Egg yolk and Reproductive coelomitis)
• Reticuloendotheliosis (in Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis)
• Rhinitis and Sinusitis*
• Salmonellosis
• Salpingitis, Oviductal disease and Uterine disorders
• Sarcocystis
• Screaming (in Problem behaviors: Aggression, Biting and Screaming*)
• Seizure
• Self-injurious behavior (in Feather damaging behavior and Self-injurious behavior*)
• Sick-bird syndrome*
• Sinusitis (in Rhinitis and Sinusitis*)
• Slipped tendon (in Splay leg and Slipped tendon)
• Splay leg and Slipped tendon
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Syringeal disease (in Tracheal disease and Syringeal disease)
• Thyroid diseases
• Toxoplasmosis
• Tracheal disease and Syringeal disease
• Trauma*
• Trichomoniasis
• Tumors
• Undigested food in droppings
• Urate and Fecal discoloration
• Uropygial gland disease
• Uterine disorders (in Salpingitis, Oviductal disease and Uterine disorders)
• Viral disease
• Viral neoplasms: Marek’s disease, Lymphoid leucosis and Reticuloendotheliosis
• Vitamin D toxicosis
• Vomiting (in Regurgitation and Vomiting*)
• West Nile virus
• Xanthoma
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: Common Dosages for Birds
• Appendix 2: Normal Values for Birds
• Appendix 3: Laboratory Testing
• Appendix 4: Viral diseases of concern
• Appendix 5: Zoonotic diseases of concern and personal protection
• Appendix 6: Common Avian Toxins and Their Clinical Signs
• Appendix 7: Clinical algorithms
• Algorithm 1: Sick bird syndrome
• Algorithm 2: Diarrhea
• Algorithm 3: Regurgitation and vomiting
• Algorithm 4: Respiratory distress
• Algorithm 5: Coelomic distention
• Algorithm 6: Egg binding
• Algorithm 7: Anemia
• Algorithm 8: Oropharyngeal lesions
• Algorithm 9: Neurologic signs
• Algorithm 10: Polydipsia
• Algorithm 11: Polyuria
• Algorithm 12: Feather damaging behavior
• Algorithm 13: Lameness
• Algorithm 14: Hyperuricemia
• Algorithm 15: Hepatopathy
• Index

Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian presents complete information on diseases and conditions seen in birds in a quick-reference format ideal for clinical practice.

• Offers fast access to essential information on 128 avian diseases and syndromes
• Written by leading experts in avian medicine
• Uses the trusted Five-Minute Veterinary Consult format
• Focuses on practical clinical knowledge
• Includes access to a companion website offering algorithms, procedure guides, and client education handouts to download, edit, and use in practice.

Author Information
Jennifer E. Graham, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (Avian / Exotic Companion Mammal), Dipl. ACZM, is an Assistant Professor of Zoological Companion Animal Medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA.