Avian Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine Articles

• Abdominocentesis
• Administration of medication: Injections
• Air sac cannula placement
• Analgesia
• Antimicrobial drug selection: How to select an antibiotic
• Avian critical care: an overview
• Band removal
• Blood pressure: How do I measure blood pressure in my avian patient?
• Broken blood feather
• Burns
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Catheterization
• Crop stasis
• Diarrhea
• Emergency drug therapy
• Emergency equipment checklist
• Esophagostomy tube placement
• External coaptation
• Fluid therapy
• Neurologic disease: Diagnosing and treating avian neurologic disease
• Pediatric avian medicine: Traumatic conditions in the psittacine chick
• Physical examination
• PE form
• Poisonings
• Radiology
• Raptor ophthalmology: Ocular lesions
• Reproductive disease
• Respiratory disease
• Restraint collars: Types of restraint collars & specific issues with restraint collars
• Subcutaneous fluids
• Supplemental heat
• Toxicology (Please see Poisonings)
• Transfusion
• Trauma
• Triage
• Tube feeding
• Venipuncture
• 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