How to care for Parrots and other Pet Birds

How to care for Parrots and other Pet Birds

Managing pet birds in a clinical setting can be difficult. The ability to “mask” the clinical signs of the disease up to the stage of the disease often results in birds being exposed when the owners realize that they are much sicker. Because of this, there are also high-risk patients diagnosed with birds. Birds commonly possess much higher metabolism relative to mammals and may lack oxygen during tolerance, treatment, or diagnostic sampling. Owners must be aware before dealing with and sampling through physical examination and diagnostic testing and the need for a step-by-step approach.

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