CD contents vi

List of contributors vii

Foreword ix

Preface x

1 Species guide 1
Stacey Gelis

2 Anatomy and physiology 14
Peter Sandmeier

3 Husbandry 35
Alan Dones

4 Reproduction 54
Boo Doneley

5 Behaviour 68
Deborah Monks

6 Nutrition 80
Brian Stockdale

7 The bird-friendly practice 98
Aidan Raftery

8 Reception guide for the general practice 105
Alistair Lawrie

9 Handling and transporting birds 116
Kevin Eatwell

10 History taking and examination 125
Craig Hunt

11 Hospitalization and basic critical care 156
Alex Rosenwax

12 Sample taking and basic clinical pathology 172
John Chitty

13 Euthanasia: grief and bereavement 187
James M. Harris

14 Post-mortem examination 191
Mike Cannon

15 Basic techniques 215
Andres Montesinos

16 Basic anaesthesia 232
Brian L. Speer

17 Basic surgery 242
M. Scott Echols

18 Basic radiography 269
Lorenzo Crosta, Alessandro Melillo, Petra Schnitzer

19 Infectious diseases 286
Petra Zsivanovits

20 Upper respiratory tract disease 299
Yvonne van Zeeland

21 An approach to the swollen avian eye 317
David Williams

22 Lower respiratory tract disease 324
John Chitty, Deborah Monks

23 The sick bird 334
Richard Jones

24 Abnormal or loose droppings 339
Jean-Michel Hatt

25 Egg retention 350
Stefka Curd

26 Cloacal, uterine and rectal prolapse 358
Angela Lennox, Amber Lee

27 Vomiting and regurgitating bird 366
Thomas N. Tully, Jr.

28 The Thin bird 366
Elisa Wust, Michael Lierz

29 Wing and leg trauma 389
Brett Gartrell

30 Feather loss 397
John Chitty

31 The sick baby bird 409
Deborah Monks

32 Weakness and seizures 418
Michael Pees

Appendix 1 Common and scientific species names 425

Appendix 2 Sex identification of selected species 428

Appendix 3 Haematology and biochemistry 430

Appendix 4 Droppings 436

Appendix 5 Falconry terminology 438

Appendix 6 Formulary 439

Index 445