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hook billed parrots
psittacines
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perching birds like finches
passerines
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pigeons and doves
columiformes
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chickens and turkeys
galliformes
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voice box of birds
syrinx at bifurcation of trachea
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out-pouching of esophagus
crop
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"stomach" of birds
gizzard
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glandular stomach
Proventriculus
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grinding stomach, often with rocks
ventriculus
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collection site for repro, urinary, and digestive tract
- cloaca
- opening is the vent
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ovaries of female
only 1 functional
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zoonotic infection that causes respiratory and liver problems
- Chlamydiosis
- chlamidophila psittaci
- treated with doxycycline
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secondary to antibiotic therapy, normal flora are cleared
candidiasis "thrush"
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environmental mold, causes mold in airways, often fatal
aspergillus
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incurable disease beak deformity and feather abnormalities
- psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD)
- caused by circovirus
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delayed crop emptying and hemorrhages
polyoma virus
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weight loss, poor digestion
- proventricular dilation disease (PDD)
- bornavirus
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herpes virus treated with acyclovir
pachecos disease
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bind heavy metal injestion
- chelators
- usually too sick though
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common household item cause toxicity in birds (sudden)
teflon toxicosis--non stick pans heated dry
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zoonotic parasite of birds
giardia
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causes white oral plaques and regurgitaion
ascarids
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mites cause scaling of the beak, cere, and feet
knemidocoptes
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cause respiratory disease and common in finches
tracheal mites
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