Avian Goiter Study Guide
Avian goiter (thyroid hyperplasia or dysplasia) is an enlargement of the thyroid glands due to abnormal proliferation of follicul…
Read article →Avian Gout Study Guide
Gout is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperuricemia and deposition of monosodium urate crystals in tissues. Unlike mammal…
Read article →Avian Hypocalcemia Study Guide
Hypocalcemia is a critically important metabolic disorder in avian species characterized by abnormally low serum calcium levels.
Read article →Avian Hypovitaminosis A Study Guide
Hypovitaminosis A (vitamin A deficiency) is one of the most common and preventable nutritional diseases in captive birds, particu…
Read article →Avian Kidney Adenocarcinoma Study Guide
Renal adenocarcinoma is a malignant epithelial tumor arising from the renal tubular epithelium in birds.
Read article →Avian Knemidocoptes (Scaly Leg Mite) Study Guide
Knemidocoptiasis (also spelled Cnemidocoptiasis or Knemidokoptiasis) is a parasitic skin disease caused by burrowing mites of the…
Read article →Avian Mycobacteriosis Study Guide
Avian mycobacteriosis (often incorrectly termed "avian tuberculosis") is a chronic, progressive, granulomatous disease affecting …
Read article →Avian Crop Burn Study Guide
Crop burn (thermal ingluvitis) is a common and potentially life-threatening condition in hand-fed psittacine and other avian spec…
Read article →Avian Cryptococcosis Study Guide
Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by the encapsulated basidiomycetous yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Crypt…
Read article →Avian Egg Binding Study Guide
Egg binding (dystocia) is the failure of an egg to pass through the oviduct at a normal rate. It represents one of the most commo…
Read article →Avian Egg-Related Coelomitis Study Guide
Egg-related coelomitis (formerly called egg yolk peritonitis) describes an acute or chronic, usually diffuse, inflammation of the…
Read article →Avian Enteritis Study Guide
Enteritis refers to inflammation of the intestinal tract and represents one of the most economically devastating disease categori…
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