Avian Notes (10/09)

Question 1

When restraining what must the bird be able to move to keep breathing?

Answer 1

sternum

Question 2

How long should birds be retrained for at most?

Answer 2

1-4 minutes

Question 3

The following are signs of what in birds: panting, eye closing, weakness, changes from normal?

Answer 3

stress

Question 4

When holding the bird it is acceptable to grasp it how?

Answer 4

around neck

along jawline

Question 5

What is the radiograph setting for birds?

Answer 5

500 mAs, 50 kVp, 1/120 sec.

Question 6

No more than what percent of body weight can be collected in blood?

Answer 6

1%

Question 7

What is the total blood volume in relation to the bird’s body weight?

Answer 7

10%

Question 8

Which jugular vein is bigger?

Answer 8

right

Question 9

The right jugular vein is how much bigger than the left?

Answer 9

2/3

Question 10

What veins can be used for avian venipuncture?

Answer 10

cutaneous ulnar
medical tarsal
jugular

Question 11

Parental injection can be given in which half of the body?

Answer 11

cranial

Question 12

What system shunts blood from the caudal body through the kidneys before the heart?

Answer 12

renal portal system

Question 13

IV injections can be one in which vein?

Answer 13

medial metatarsal vein

Question 14

IO injections of fluid administration can be done in which bones?

Answer 14

ulna

tibiotarsus

Question 15

SQ injections can be done where?

Answer 15

inguinal region
leg
wig web

Question 16

When doing a nasal flush how should the head be held to prevent aspiration of fluids?

Answer 16

head down

Question 17

What analgesic is commonly used in bird surgery?

Answer 17

butorphanol

Question 18

What dosage is used for butorphanol for birds?

Answer 18

1-2 mg/kg

Question 19

How is analgesics administered to birds?

Answer 19

IM

Question 20

When doing the surgical pre should you scrub or pat

Answer 20

pat

Question 21

Are birds shaved or plucked for anesthesia?

Answer 21

plucked

Question 22

What radiosurgical tip is used in sx for birds?

Answer 22

harrison tip

Question 23

What kind of ET tube is used for birds?

Answer 23

non-cuffed

Question 24

Anesthesia and surgery preferably does not exceed how long?

Answer 24

1 hr.

Question 25

What is the fluid rate for the first hour of surgery?

Answer 25

10 mL/kg/hr.

Question 26

What is the fluid rate after the first hour of surgery?

Answer 26

5 mL/kg/hr.

Question 27

What gas is used for anesthesia?

Answer 27

Isoflurane

Question 28

What dewormer can be used in birds?

Answer 28

Pyrantel

Question 29

What dewormer should never be used in cockatiels?

Answer 29

fenbendazole

Question 30

Can birds get giardia?

Answer 30

yes

Question 31

What species cayses cancers and frounce in birds?

Answer 31

Trichomonas

Question 32

What kind of organism is Synagmus trachea?

Answer 32

nematode

Question 33

What is the common name for the Synagmus trachea?

Answer 33

gapeworm

Question 34

What is the common name for Knemidokoptes pilae?

Answer 34

scaily leg mite

Question 35

What kind of organism is Knemidokoptes pilae?

Answer 35

mite

Question 36

What organism causes birds to experience pitting and scaling of keratin of skin and beak or legs and feet?

Answer 36

scaily leg mite

Question 37

What is the term for avain chlamydiosis?

Answer 37

psitticosis

Question 38

What does Chamydophila psittaci cause in birds?

Answer 38

avian chamydiosis

Question 39

Bollinger bodies appear in what bird disease?

Answer 39

canary pox

Question 40

What are intra-cytoplasmic inclusion bodies of skin and muscosal cells?

Answer 40

Bollinger bodies

Question 41

What kind of virus is the polyomavirus?

Answer 41

non-enveloped virus

Question 42

What is the mortality rate for the polyomavirus?

Answer 42

28-41%

Question 43

What disease is due to a virus of unknown type and causes the bird to starve to death?

Answer 43

proventricular dilatation disease

Question 44

How is proventricular dilatation disease treated?

Answer 44

celecoxib

Question 45

What kind of drug is celecoxib?

Answer 45

NSAID

Question 46

PBFD

Answer 46

Psittacine beak and feather disease

Question 47

What birds are commonly affected by PBFD?

Answer 47

lovebirds | cockatoos

Question 48

What viruses cause wart-like GI lesions?

Answer 48

papillomatosis | herpesvirus

Question 49

Papillomatosis and herpesvirus is commonly seen in what birds?

Answer 49

amazon parrots | macaws

Question 50

What is the virus that causes West Nile Virus?

Answer 50

flavivirus

Question 51

In what disease do birds lose their voice?

Answer 51

Aspergillosis

Question 52

Aspegillosis is common in what species?

Answer 52

African Grey Macaws Raptors

Question 53

Hypovitaminosis A is caused by deficiency in what vitamin?

Answer 53

vitamin A

Question 54

Hypocalcemis of African Grey Parrots occurs due to what kind of diets?

Answer 54

seed diets

Question 55

Egg binding is caused by a deficiency in what?

Answer 55

Ca

Question 56

A hole in a crop during crop burn occurs how many days after the burn?

Answer 56

10 days