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BSAVA Manual of Psittacine Birds

The many advances in psittacine medicine since the previous edition was published in 1996 are reflected in the new second edition of the BSAVA Manual of Psittacine Birds, which has been updated and rewritten under the direction of a new editorial partnership. The extended use of colour photographs adds to the extra usefulness of the successor to a well loved volume.

Natural history and husbandry
Clinical techniques and diagnostic imaging
Soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery
Diseases described by system
Chapter dedicated to small psittacids
Diagnostic algorithms for common presentations

Contents
Species and natural history; Anatomy and physiology; Husbandry; Handling; The initial presentation: triage and critical care; Basic techniques; Clinical pathology and necropsy; Anaesthesia and analgesia; Diagnostic imaging; Soft tissue surgery; Orthopaedic and beak surgery; Nutrition and nutritional disease; Systemic infectious disease; Respiratory disease; Gastrointestinal disease; Feather and skin disorders; Behaviour and behavioural disorders; Reproduction and paediatrics; Neurology and ophthalmology; Systemic non-infectious disease; The sick small psittacid; Zoonotic, legal and ethical aspects; References and further reading; Appendices; Index

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Contributors
J.R. Best, UK; John Chitty, UK; Brian Coles, UK; Martine De Wit, USA; Gerry Dorrestein, Netherlands; Thomas Edling, USA; Neil Forbes, UK; Simon Girling, UK; Nigel Harcourt-Brown, UK; Alan Jones, UK; Alistair Lawrie, UK; Michael Lierz, Germany; Deborah Monks, UK; Aidan Raftery, UK; Ron Rees Davies, UK; April Romagnano, USA; Peter Scott, UK; Michael Stanford, UK; Thomas Tully, USA; Kenneth Welle, USA.

Published April 2005
336 pages
ISBN 978 0 905214 76 4

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