Avian Medicine:
Avian Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Articles
- Abdominocentesis
- Administration of medication in birds: Injections
- Air sac cannula placement
- Analgesia
- Antimicrobial drug selection: How to select an antibiotic
- Avian critical care: an overview
- Band removal
- Basic husbandry: Hospitalizing non-traditional pets
- Blood pressure: How do I measure blood pressure in my avian patient?
- Broken blood feather
- Burns in the avian patient
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Catheter placement in the avian patient
- Crop stasis in birds
- Crop wash in birds
- Diarrhea in birds
- Diarrhea in the avian patient
- Emergency drug therapy
- Emergency equipment checklist
- Esophagostomy tube placement
- External coaptation: Bandages and splints
- Fluid therapy in the avian patient
- Neurologic disease: Diagnosing and treating avian neurologic disease
- Orthopedic exam
- Parrot handling
- Passerine handling
- Pediatric avian medicine: Traumatic conditions in the psittacine chick
- Physical examination
- PE form
- Poisonings
- Radiology: Imaging the possibilities
- Raptor ophthalmology: Ocular lesions
- Regurgitation in birds
- Reproductive emergencies in birds
- Respiratory emergencies: An approach to the dyspneic bird
- Restraint collars: Types of restraint collars & specific issues with collars
- Spinal injuries in birds
- Subcutaneous fluids
- Supplemental heat
- The fluffed and ruffled bird
- Toxicology (Please see Poisonings)
- Transfusion
- Trauma in avian patients
- Triage
- Tube or gavage feeding birds
- Upper respiratory disease in the bird
- Venipuncture in birds
- Visual examination
- Wild bird restraint
Related Articles
- Body condition scoring
- Body weight: Reported normal body weights
- Raptor ophthalmology: Anatomy of the avian eye
- Raptor ophthalmology: The ophthalmic exam
Emergency Medicine Client Education
- Aspergillosis – Download PDF Handout
- Avian Polyomavirus – Download PDF Handout
- Chronic Egg Laying – Download PDF Handout
- Holiday Hazards – Download PDF Handout
- Household Dangers – Download PDF Handout
- Medicating Your Bird – Download PDF Handout
- Psittacosis in Birds & Humans – Download PDF Handout
- Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD) – Download PDF Handout
- Signs of illness – Download PDF Handout
