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Avian
N/A
15
Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
03/17/2014

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Cards

Term
Feathers
Definition

Primary remiges - inner and outer valve

 

Secondary remiges

 

Coverts

 

Blood feathers

Term
Bird Bones
Definition

Air filled

 

Neumatic

 

Fused skull

 

Sinsacrum

 

More cervical vertebrea

Term
Bird Skin
Definition

Aglandular

 

Uropygial gland (preen gland) - for water resistance

Term
Bird Stomach
Definition

Crop - softens food

 

Proventriculus - true stomach - glandular portion

 

Gizzard - muscular portion

 

 

Term
Bird Muscles
Definition

Pectoral muscle is 20% weight

 

 

 

Term
Bird Repro
Definition

bi lobed liver

 

left side of repro doesnt work

 

Magnum - egg white

 

Isthmus - membrane

 

Uterus - shell

 

Cloaca - vent

 

Females determine sex of offspring

 

Males have a spur to grab females

 

Term
Oviparous
Definition
Eggs develope oustide
Term
Comb and Waddle
Definition
Comb - temp regulation
Term
Passerines
Definition

Finches and Canaries

 

pointed curved beak

 

three toes in front 1 in back

Term
Psittachines
Definition

Parakeets and cockatiels

 

hooked bill

 

two toes in front and back

 

use feet more

 

good climbers

 

talk/whistle a lot

Term
Bird Housing
Definition

Need room to fly

 

Nest box

 

Fresh food and water

 

Bathing area

 

Perches and toys

Term
Sexing Birds
Definition

Parakeets - males have blue around beak

 

Cockatiels - males are brighter on head and cheek

Term
Chlamydiophila (Psittacosis)
Definition

Zoonotic feces

 

Caused by chlamydiophila psittaci

 

tx with tetrecycline for 30 - 45 days

 

 

Term
Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease
Definition

Viral

 

can spread to other birds

 

abnormal feather and beak growth

 

 

Term
Common Health Problems in Birds
Definition

Decrease in calcium due to egg laying

 

Crop burns

 

Forieng bodies

 

GI stasis

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