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| What are the weapons of psittacines? |
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| What are the weapons of herons? |
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| What are the weapons of cranes/storks? |
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| What are the weapons of owls? |
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| What are the weapons of eagles/falcons? |
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| What are the weapons of hawks? |
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| What are the weapons of vultures? |
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| What are some toxic exposures of birds? |
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| Teflon, Plants, Insecticides, Paints/Glues |
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| What % of avian problems are husbandry-related? |
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| What is the #1 cause of neurologic dz in NYC birds? |
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| Parakeets should have how many droppings per day? |
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| What do parakeet droppings look like, normally? |
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| Black donut w/ white cream center |
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| What do lorie/toucan/eclectus droppings look like, normally? |
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| What do lories/toucans/eclectus eat? |
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| What do raptor droppings look like, normally? |
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| slice; wall of white urates; feces small black portion |
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| What can cause lack of urate? |
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| Kidney dz; Normal in lories |
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| What can cause droppings to have a foul odor? |
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| Protozoa, fungal, occult blood |
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| What can cause seeds in droppings? |
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| Hypermotility, Gastroenteritis, PDD |
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| Proventricular Dilatation Dz (Borna virus) |
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| What can cause large bulky pale feces? |
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| Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency |
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| What can cause bright green feces? |
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| Biliverdinuria liver dz; Anorexia; Metal toxicity, chlamydiophyla, E. coli |
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| What is normal avian CRT? |
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| How do MM appear in shock? |
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| What can cause rapid respirations? |
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| Metabolic acidosis compensation |
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| What is auscultated in the dorsal coelom? |
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| What is auscultated in the ventral coelom? |
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| What is auscultated in the cere? |
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| band of featherless pigmented skin on the base of the beak |
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| What color is the cere of a male budgerigar? |
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| What color is the cere of a female budgerigar? |
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| What does a BCS of 1 indicate? |
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| What does a BCS of 2 indicate? |
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| What does a BCS of 3 indicate? |
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| What does a BCS of 4 indicate? |
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| Semicircular muscle contour |
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| What does a BCS of 5 indicate? |
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| muscle contour beyond keel |
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| What do fluffed feathers indicate? |
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| What do fluffed feathers indicate? |
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| What does heavy molt indicate? |
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| What does a normal fecal gram stain look like on 100x oil immersion? |
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| (d/o diet) 150 bact/field, 70% G+ rod, 30% G+ cocci, more G- bact in carnivores, no budding yeast or G- rods |
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| What does a borderline malnutrition fecal gram stain look like on 100x oil immersion? |
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| Few bact, >90% G+ rod, <10% G+ cocci, Occasional G- rod |
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| What does an abnormal fecal gram stain look like on 100x oil immersion? |
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| Many G- rods or monomorphic bacterial population, budding yeast or hyphae |
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| What are some signs that a bird is angry? |
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| Pupils flashing, Blushing, Tail flaring, Head bobbing, Feathers fluffed & shaking |
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| What is used for a beak trim? |
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| What is used for a nail trim? |
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| What is used for a wing trim? |
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| Curved blunt tip scissors |
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| Where is Polyoma vx administered? |
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| Who is the polyoma vx recommended for? |
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| Multi-bird households, Breeding birds, Traveling birds |
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