Avain Health And Diseases

Question 1

What percentage over its ideal weight causes a bird to be classified as obese?

Answer 1

20% over it’s ideal weight

Question 2

What types of birds is obesity common in?

Answer 2

Common in companion birds with high-fat diets (seeds, nuts, and many table foods), and a sedentary lifestyle.

Question 3

What are some signs of obesity in birds ?

Answer 3

Lameness, difficulty breathing, arthritis, fatty liver’s disease p, coronary artery disease and heart disease

Question 4

What are some treatments of obesity?

Answer 4

Pellet diet with portions control and exercise. Done with body condition chart.

Question 5

What type of diet leads to a vitamin A deficiency ?

Answer 5

In nuts and seeds diet.

Question 6

What are some signs of vitamin A deficiency?

Answer 6

Nasal discharge, sneezing, swelling around eyes, difficulty breathing

Question 8

What are some treatments for vitamin A deficiency?

Answer 8

Formulated diet with right levels of vitamins

Question 9

What happens if you have too much vitamin A?

Answer 9

It is toxic and lead to liver iron storage disease

Question 10

What type of bird commonly h@ve iodine deficiency?

Answer 10

Budgies

Question 11

What are some symptoms of iodine deficiency?

Answer 11

Enlarge thyroid gland, hash breathing and regurgitation

Question 12

What are some treatments to iodine deficiency?

Answer 12

Iodine drops in their water

Question 13

When is calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D3 imbalances common?

Answer 13

It happens with birds on seed diets (many in the parrots family)

Question 14

What can having calcium , phosphorus and vitamin D3 imbalance lead to?

Answer 14

Metabolic bone disease

Question 15

What are some treatments for calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D3 imbalances?

Answer 15

Calcium supplements and exposure to the order (uv lighting )

Question 16

What birds are know to get iron storage?

Answer 16

Parrot and toucan

Question 17

What is iron storage?

Answer 17

Is to much iron in the liver

Question 19

What causes iron storage ?

Answer 19

Foods rich in vitamin C (citrus fruits)

Question 20

What are some symptoms of iron storage?

Answer 20

Weight loss, depression, distended abdomen with fluid, difficulty breathing and circulatory failure.

Question 21

What are treatments for iron storage?

Answer 21

Periodic removal of blood, trapping free iron and dietary modifications

Question 22

What is vacuum activity?

Answer 22

-A behaviour that occurs without correct stimuli.
-is a fixed pattern to fill a need to behave
-this could be done to the wrong species or even rags

Question 23

What is stereotypical activity?

Answer 23

-frequency misdiagnosis
-are repeated behaviour that appeases other stimuli
-associate with boredom

Question 24

What are some common consideration of stereotypical behaviours?

Answer 24

-allo grooming ( other bird grooms them)
-auto grooming (themselves)
-picking and over heating
-biting

Question 26

What can cause the egg to be vulnerable at the egg stage?

Answer 26

The wrong temperature or incorrect cooling and the partners diet.

Question 27

What is clubbed feet?

Answer 27

Is often in hatchling where incubation temp is wrong and the chick has not hatched properly

Question 28

What can correct club feet?

Answer 28

Taping from a young age

Question 29

What causes slayed leg?

Answer 29

Is an issue with poor surface that young birds walk on. Can also occur in nest when parents sit too tight.

Question 31

What can fix slayed leg?

Answer 31

Fixed by tying the legs, must allow to standing and walking. The dressing must be changed.

Question 32

What is wry neck?

Answer 32

Is another development problem, chick hatch with twisted necks.

Question 33

What fixes wry neck?

Answer 33

Never been fixed

Question 34

Is wry neck fatal ?

Answer 34

No

Question 35

What is angel wings?

Answer 35

A folding out of the carpels. As the wings grow the weight build making correction more difficult.

Question 36

What causes angle wings?

Answer 36

Possibly due to high protein diet. Possibly a physical trauma

Question 37

What is th treatment for angel wings?

Answer 37

Strapping for young birds

Question 38

What causes disease?

Answer 38

Pathogens challenge the immune system

Question 39

What are the pathogens?

Answer 39

-Fungus -parasites -bacteria -virus -protozoan l

Question 40

What are the bacterial diseases?

Answer 40

-Salmonella -proteus -E.coli

Question 41

What are some viruses disease?

Answer 41

-Avian polyomavirus -paramyxovirus

Question 42

What are some fungal diseases?

Answer 42

-aspergillosis (farmer’s lung ) - mycormycosis (black mould)

Question 43

What is a type of protozoan disease?

Answer 43

-giardia -isopora

Question 44

What is the best way to manage a disease?

Answer 44

Prevention is better the cure

Question 45

What is hard about birds getting disease?

Answer 45

They can go down hill quickly as they only show signs near the end.

Question 46

What are some prevention to stop the bird getting a disease?

Answer 46

-quarantine any new birds -do not overcrowd birds -avoid stressful environments -proper diet -maintain regular veterinary visits

Question 47

How can you protect yourself from zoonotic diseases?

Answer 47

-PPE -minimise contact -vaccination -Safe handling

Question 49

What accommodation can you put into place to avoid stressing a prey bird?

Answer 49

-avoid load noise -movements and housing near other animals that

Question 50

What condition should sick birds be in?

Answer 50

- warm ( cold birds use energy) -not dry (causes dehydration) -not to high humidity

Question 51

What can you do to make a sick birds eat?

Answer 51

-eaily accessible bowls and water -scattering, small amount -hand feeding -favourite food -syringe (last resort)

Question 52

What can you put in water to help them drink it?

Answer 52

Honey

Question 53

What does isolation mean ?

Answer 53

Complete separation from other animals

Question 54

What does barrier nursing mean?

Answer 54

Reducing Rick of transmission between animals / people

Question 55

What are the ways to administer medication?

Answer 55

-oral -tropical -sub- cutaneous - intra-muscular -intra venous

Question 56

Why is record keeping important?

Answer 56

-it tacking disease and progress - treatment given - it meets legal requirements

Question 57

What are some considerations when releasing an animal ?

Answer 57

- health enough? - Carrie of disease - location -time of day - soft release