The scope of book has relevant and important informations on some of the popular tamed birds reared as pet in cages. Among these Parrots and Mayana are companion species capable of learning and limited conversation with members of the house. Bulbul, partridges and pigeon are used for sports. Owners ...

The pathology of experimental VVND was studied in twelve birds of house sparrows (S) and Australian parrots (P) which were divided into 6 equal (n= 4) experimental groups viz. S1, S2, S3, P1, P2, P3 and one group of broilers (C). The groups S1 and P1 (intramuscularly), groups S2, P2 and C (orally)...

This book contains 51 chapters divided into 3 main parts that describe the triage, stabilization, diagnosis, presentation, nutrition and fluid therapy, analgesia, anaesthesia, monitoring, CPR and euthanasia options of common emergency conditions of ferrets, rabbits, guineapigs, chinchillas, rats,...

Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) is an infectious agent responsible for feather degeneration and beak deformation in birds. In March 2017, an epidemic of psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) struck a farm in Fuzhou in the Fujian Province of southeast China, resulting in the death of 51 ...

Background: Human psittacosis, caused by Chlamydia (C.) psittaci, is likely underdiagnosed and underreported, since tests for C. psittaci are often not included in routine microbiological diagnostics. Source tracing traditionally focuses on psittacine pet birds, but recently other animal species...

Background and Aim: Avian coronavirus has a wide range of hosts, from chickens and turkeys to wild birds. This virus causes an economically and, possibly, environmentally, important loss in the poultry industry. Therefore, research into the avian coronavirus in various species of birds is required. ...

Slovenia was officially declared free of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in 2009 although the proportion of tuberculin test positive herds and animals in the past 40 years did not exceed 0.08% and 0.07%, respectively. In the last two decades, a single case of bTB in cattle of Slovene origin was confirmed ...

The physiological roles of thyrotropinreleasing hormone (TRH) are proposed to be mediated by TRH receptors (TRHR), which have been divided into 3 subtypes, namely, TRHR1, TRHR2, and TRHR3, in vertebrates. Although 2 TRH receptors (TRHR1 and TRHR3) have been predicted to exist in birds, it remains...

The specifics of the processing of livestock and poultry products is that in the process of obtaining the main marketable products, about half the feedstock at various stages of the technological process turns into waste that pollutes the environment. These by-products contain large amounts of the...

Diagnosis and treatment of viral and fungal diseases, and parasites, as well as diseases of different organs, surgical operations and suitable drugs are described for different animals. Animals include rabbits, guineapigs, hamsters, rats, mice, gerbils, Chinchillas, Octodon degus, squirrels,...