Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult

Quick reference with essential information on 200 diseases and conditions commonly seen in birds in clinical practice

Covering topics ranging from infectious and non-infectious diseases to diseases per organ system, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian fills a unique niche in providing comprehensive information on common topics in avian medicine in a highly organized and efficient manner, allowing busy practitioners and students to quickly find much...
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Quick reference with essential information on 200 diseases and conditions commonly seen in birds in clinical practice

Covering topics ranging from infectious and non-infectious diseases to diseases per organ system, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian fills a unique niche in providing comprehensive information on common topics in avian medicine in a highly organized and efficient manner, allowing busy practitioners and students to quickly find much needed information. A companion website provides algorithms, procedure guides, and client education handouts, which can be downloaded, edited, and given to clients.

Written by the leading experts in the field, this newly revised Second Edition offers close to 200 identically formatted topics on avian conditions, with updated and expanded information on non-infectious disease topics like neoplasia, beak malocclusion, diseases of the bursa, nails, and tongue among others and infectious disease topics such as herpesviruses, helminthiasis, arboviruses and backyard poultry infectious diseases. This latest edition features a more than 50% increase in content compared to its predecessor. In addition, numerous subjects have been restructured and expanded. Other sample topics covered in Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian include:

• Viral diseases including circovirus, bornavirus, orthoavulavirus, avian influenza, west nile virus, usutus virus, polyomavirus, poxvirus, and herpesviruses
• Bacterial diseases including colibacillosis, campylobacteriosis, chlamydiosis, pasteurellosis, clostridiosis, salmonellosis, coxiellosis, mycobacteriosis, mycoplasmosis, and spirochete infection
• Fungal diseases including aspergillosis, candidiasis, and macrorhabdosis
• Parasites including flagellates, coccidia, neural larva migrans, myiasis, ectoparasites and helminths
• Toxicosis including iatrogenic, ingested, airborne, algal biotoxins, heavy metals, and pesticides
• Orthopedic and traumatic conditions such as beak injuries, neurologic trauma, fractures, luxations, joint diseases and wounds
• Neoplasia by organ system
• Internal medicine topics such as cardiac disease, cloacal diseases, ocular diseases, diabetes insipidus, atherosclerosis and thyroid diseases
• Critical care topics including hypotension, respiratory distress, seizures, hemorrhage, and pain.

For veterinary students, busy avian practitioners, practitioners in mixed practice who want quick-to-access information, and emergency clinicians presented with the occasional bird, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian is an invaluable, accessible, and highly practical reference to add to your practice library.