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Husbandry
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100
This fruit may be toxic to parrots.
What is the avocado?
100
Signs of this disease can be present on the choanal papillae.
What is hypovitaminosis A?
100
These tubes should be used because birds have complete tracheal rings.
What is an uncuffed endotracheal tube?
100
These are found on feathers during stressful events
What are stress bars?
100

When crop feeding, the feeding needle should be in this organ.

What is the esophagus?

200
This should make up the majority of a complete parrot diet
What are pellets?
200
Treatment for this disease includes chelating agents like CaEDTA.
What is Heavy Metal Toxicosis?
200
This is the percentage of a bird's body weight that we can safely take in blood
What is 1%?
200
This is also called the preening gland
What is the Uropigial Gland?
200

These are areas where feathers do not grow.

What is apterylae?

300
This area of the house should be avoided for bird cages due to the possibility of Teflon toxicosis.
What is the kitchen?
300
This is a zoonotic disease known as Psittacosis in people.
What is Avian Chlamydiosis?
300
These are the feathers we trim to reduce flight.
What are primary flight feathers?
300
This is absent in the avian urogenital system.
What is the urinary bladder?
300

This monitoring device displays respiratory patterns and carbon dioxide levels in anesthetized patients.

What is a capnograph?

400
These devices can cause traumatic injury to birds with full flight capability.
What are ceiling fans?
400
This is a Circovirus that can cause abnormal plumage and keratin growth.
What is Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease?
400
This is our blood vessel of choice for drawing samples on parrots.
What is the right jugular vein?
400
This is where excretions are stored prior to being released.
What is the cloaca?
400

This disease is seen more commonly in African Grey parrots and has symptoms including seizures and easily fractured bones.

What is hypocalcemia?

500
New pet parrots should always be isolated from collections to rule out diseases. A process known as this:
What is quarantine (or isolation)?
500
This disease affects the proventriculus and symptoms include passing whole food in feces.
What is proventricular dilatation disease?
500
These long bones should be avoided when placing IO catheters because they are pneumatic.
What are the humerus and femur?
500
This is also called the gizzard.
What is the ventriculus?
500

On healthy parrots, this test usually yields 90%+ gram positive bacteria.

What is a fecal gram stain?