Avian Medicine and Surgery in Practice: Companion and Aviary Birds, Second Edition

This book covers physical examination, advice on interpreting diagnostic tests and avian anatomy and physiology. Disorders affecting the different body regions and systems make up the majority of the book from the external--skin, feathers, eyes, legs and feet--to the internal including the gastrointestinal tract and the cardiovascular system. Further aspects of avian medicine discussed in the book include behavioural problems, surgery, and formulary. It also adds four important new chapters: Husbandry, Grooming and Nutrition, Diagnostic Imaging, Endoscopy, and Oncology as well as new sections on cardiovascular anatomy and neuroanatomy. The new edition has been thoroughly revised with updated diseases, new and expanded clinical techniques.