avian

Question 1

scientific name for parrots

Answer 1

psittacines

Question 2

african grey parrots

Answer 2

highly intelligent, mimic speech, bored easily, playful, require a lot of attention

Question 3

macaw

Answer 3

giants of parrot world, big voices and attitudes, playful, love to chew, intelligent

Question 4

amazon parrots

Answer 4

playful, extroverted, independent, excellent talkers

Question 5

budgies

Answer 5

aka parakeets, playful, intelligent, inexpensive, non destructive, gentle, quiet

Question 6

cockatiels

Answer 6

playful, intelligent, non destructive, gentle, relatively quiet

Question 7

cockatoos

Answer 7

intelligent, cuddly, require a lot of attention, needy, tend to pluck feathers

Question 8

conures

Answer 8

playful and spunky

Question 9

eclectus parrot

Answer 9

intelligent, gentle, do not like noise, very vocal

Question 10

lories

Answer 10

busy and lively, can develop behavior disorders and self mutilate, playtime is essential, fruit diet

Question 11

lovebird

Answer 11

short tails, playful, if paired may not bond with humans

Question 12

feathers are made of____

Answer 12

keratin

Question 13

flight feathers

Answer 13

large feathers of wings and tails

Question 14

primaries

Answer 14

og from carpus and metatarsus

Question 15

secondaries

Answer 15

og from radius and ulna

Question 16

tertiaries

Answer 16

closest to body

Question 16

contour feathers

Answer 16

all over the body

Question 17

down feathers

Answer 17

trap air in, insulating

Question 18

birds do not have____

Answer 18

sweat glands, diaphragm, or lymph nodes

Question 19

femur, humerus, and some vertebrae are ____

Answer 19

pneumatic bones

Question 20

avian hearts are roughly______ larger than mammalian heart

Answer 20

1.5-2

Question 21

_________ is used to asses vein refill time and dehydration

Answer 21

cutaneous ulnar vein

Question 22

best to give parental meds to ______ part of body

Answer 22

front

Question 23

renal-portal system

Answer 23

blood from caudal half of body my pass through kidneys before reaching the heart

Question 24

_______ used to determine renal function

Answer 24

uric acid

Question 25

ophthalmology

Answer 25

large optic nerve, eye makes up 15% bodyweight, iris is involuntary striated muscle

Question 26

syrinx

Answer 26

voice box

Question 27

birds have lungs but also ______

Answer 27

8 air sacs

Question 28

holding a bird too tight can ______

Answer 28

suffocate it

Question 29

crop

Answer 29

located in the "throat", peristalsis

Question 30

gizzard

Answer 30

stomach

Question 31

cecum

Answer 31

only in chickens

Question 32

gallbladders

Answer 32

not in parrots

Question 33

parrot feces

Answer 33

90% gram positive organisms

Question 34

waterfowl raptor and poultry feces

Answer 34

mostly gram negative organisms

Question 35

passerine feces

Answer 35

very little bacteria, gram positive

Question 36

______ should NOT be seen in parrot species

Answer 36

clostridium

Question 37

avian reproductive system

Answer 37

male: 2 testes female: one left ovary and oviduct

Question 38

Chlamydophila psittaci

Answer 38

bacterial disease characterized by depression, anorexia, lethargy, dyspnea, nasal ocular discharge, green urates, enlarged spleen

Question 39

is C. psittaci zoonotic and reportable

Answer 39

yes and yes

Question 40

transmission of C. psittaci

Answer 40

inhalation or ingestion of spores

Question 41

Dx of C. psittaci

Answer 41

elisa, pcr, ifa

Question 42

Tx of C. psittaci

Answer 42

45 days of doxycycline

Question 43

canary pox

Answer 43

URI signs with raised papules

Question 44

transmission of canary pox

Answer 44

mosquito or mechanical means through broken skin

Question 45

Dx of canary pox

Answer 45

bollinger bodies in skin and mucosal cells

Question 46

Tx of canary pox

Answer 46

supportive

Question 47

prevention of canary pox

Answer 47

vaccinate every 6 months

Question 48

etiology of polyomavirus

Answer 48

non-enveloped virus, stable environment

Question 49

clinical signs of polyomavirus

Answer 49

depression, anorexia, delayed crop emptying, regurg, dehydration, diarrhea, dyspnea, polyuria

Question 50

transmission of polyomavirus

Answer 50

infected bodily fluids

Question 51

Dx of polyomavirus

Answer 51

PCR of feces or tissue

Question 52

prevention of polyomavirus

Answer 52

vaccine

Question 53

PBFD

Answer 53

Psittacine beak and feather disease

Question 54

etiology of PBFD

Answer 54

circovirus, non-enveloped, environmentally stable

Question 55

transmission of PBFD

Answer 55

shed in feces, feather dander, bodily excretions

Question 56

clinical signs of PBFD

Answer 56

progressive symmetrical dystrophy of feathers and may lead to alopecia

Question 57

Dx of PBFD

Answer 57

DNA probe test, follicle Bx

Question 58

prognosis of PBFD

Answer 58

fatal once signs show up

Question 59

etiology of papillomatosis

Answer 59

herpesvirus

Question 60

clinical signs of papillomatosis

Answer 60

wart-like masses on cloaca, oropharynx, weight loss, blood in stool

Question 61

Dx of papillomatosis

Answer 61

appearance

Question 62

Tx of papillomatosis

Answer 62

removing lesions and applying silver nitrate

Question 63

west nile etiology

Answer 63

flavivirus

Question 64

transmission of west nile

Answer 64

mosquitoes

Question 65

clinical signs of west nile

Answer 65

neurologic, death

Question 66

prevention of west nile

Answer 66

horse vaccine