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Multispecies 2 Avian
UTCVM Fall 2014 Greenacre Jones
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Veterinary Medicine
Graduate
11/03/2014

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Term
A blue cere in a budriegar means it is (male/female)
Definition
Male
Term
Who might get tracheal mites?
Definition
Canaries
Term
What adaptation do Lories have in order to eat nectar?
Definition
Papilla on tip o tongue
Term
Name for lovebirds in the clinic
Definition
Hate birds
Term
These birds are EXTREMELY loud, also carriers of Pachecos
Definition
Conures
Term
Which two species of exotic birds illegal to own in Tennessee?
Definition
Nanday conures
Quaker (monk) parakeets
Term
Clowns of parrot world - very playful
Definition
Caiques
Term
When do male cockatiels lose their juvenile bars?
Definition
9 months
Term
Males eclectus parrots are what color
Definition
Green
Term
Maximum life expectancy amazon parrots
Definition
80 yrs
Term
weight range amazon parrots
Definition
300-600 g
Term
This parrot is highly intelligent and has incredible verbal skills
Definition
African greys
Term
Maximum life expectancy african grey parrots
Definition
50 yrs
Term
Emotionally "complex" parrots from australia
Definition
Cockatoos
Term
To save your own butt, always recommend testing for this in new birds:
Definition
Psittacosis
Term
Avoid bird toys with these two metals and made of this:
Definition
Zinc; Lead; String
Term
Sick birds are often placed in this temp range in ICU
Definition
85-90
Term
____ % of most bird diet should be formulated pellets
____ % should be fresh fruits and veggies
Definition
70-80
20-30
Term
Nuts are very important part of diet for which group of bird species? (dont need to know for test)
Definition
Macaws
Term
Toucans need a diet low in _____
Definition
Iron
Term
Feather are made of____
Definition
keratin
Term
The main stem of the feather is referred to as the
Definition
rachis
Term
What is the patagium on a bird
Definition
wing web
Term
what color is a bird bruise
Definition
green
Term
which gland is used for preening in birds?
Definition
Uropygial
Term
which is bigger in a bird the radius or ulna?
Definition
ulna
Term
in birds is the right or left jugular bigger?
Definition
Right
Term
whats different about avian lymphatic system?
Definition
no nodes
Term
How many sections to bird kidney and what products do they produce?
Definition
3 sections; urates and urine
Term
What structure is responsible for birds making sound?
Definition
Syrinx
Term
Whats important to know about handling birds with respect to their breathing?
Definition
Need to move sternum to open airsacs- can easily suffocate if put pressure there
Term
the crop is aka the :
Definition
ingluvies
Term
the true stomach in avians is called the
Definition
proventriculus
Term
the gizzard should appropriately be called the
Definition
ventriculus
Term
which of the 3 cloacal chambers harbor the bursa of fabricus
Definition
Proctodeum
Term
Parrots have mostly Gram (-/+) bacteria in feces
Definition
Gram +
Term
Waterfowl, raptors and poultry mostly have Gram (-/+) bacteria in feces
Definition
Gram -
Term
In a bird which is male" ZW or ZZ
Definition
ZZ
Term
Avian blood glucose should be about ____ which is ___ times more than mammalian
Definition
250; 2x
Term
Avian thyroxine is normally___ times mammalian T
Definition
1/5 - 1/10
Term
bird in the box radiographs are good when you suspect one of these two things
Definition
metal or egg
Term
when restraining birds for VD whole body radiographs you want to pull out feet and wings while also holding onto the:
Definition
sternum
Term
VD whole body radiography has beam centered on:
Definition
Caudal point of sternum
Term
lateral whole body rads are usually taken in (right/left) lateral recumbency
Definition
Right
Term
focal to film distance for avian rads is ____ inches
Definition
40
Term
Settings for rads for birds:
Exposure time (short/long)
mA (low/high)
kVp (low/high)
Definition
short
high
low
Term
what spinal segments follow the cervical vertebrae on a bird?
Definition
notarium, synsacrum, caudal vert, pygostyle
Term
What musculoskeletal disease results from hyperestrogenism and you can see on radiographs as very bright bones?
Definition
Polyostotic hyperostosis
Term
Which species of bird actually has a bifurcated cervical trachea ( but is mis spoken as a short trachea)
Definition
Penguin
Term
Normal lung should have a ____ pattern on lateral
Definition
honeycomb
Term
on VD the heart is silhouetted with the _____
Definition
liver
Term
cardiac silhouette shouldnt be more than ___% width of cavity
Definition
50
Term
The crop is to the (left/right) of thoracic inlet on a VD view
Definition
right
Term
Seven reasons for loss of cardioheptic silhouette
Definition
1. Hepatomegaly 2. Splenomegaly 3. Cardiomegaly 4. Enlarged (pro)ventriculus 5. Air sac dz 6. Enlarged repro tract 7. Ascites
Term
Why isnt u/s good for cranial coelomic cavity?
Definition
air sacs in way
Term
What percent of backyard chicken owners see veterinarians?
Definition
10
Term
The most common infectious disease of chickens: 4 yr old hen shows up ADR
Definition
Lymphoid leukosis
Term
What repro related disease very common to bring a chicken in for necropsy?
Definition
Egg yolk peritonitis
Term
Lice are most commonly found in which area on chicken?
Definition
cloaca
Term
diarrhea in chicken is most likely:
Definition
coccidiosis
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