List of quick reference guides v CD contents vi List of contributors vii Foreword ix Preface x 1 Species guide 1 Stacey Gelis 2 Anatomy and physiology 14 Peter Sandmeier 3 Husbandry 35 Alan Dones 4 Reproduction 54 Boo Doneley 5 Behaviour 68 Deborah Monks 6 Nutrition 80 Brian Stockdale 7 The bird-friendly practice 98 Aidan Raftery 8 Reception guide for the general practice 105 Alistair Lawrie 9 Handling and transporting birds 116 Kevin Eatwell 10 History taking and examination 125 Craig Hunt 11 Hospitalization and basic critical care 156 Alex Rosenwax 12 Sample taking and basic clinical pathology 172 John Chitty 13 Euthanasia: grief and bereavement 187 James M. Harris 14 Post-mortem examination 191 Mike Cannon 15 Basic techniques 215 Andres Montesinos 16 Basic anaesthesia 232 Brian L. Speer 17 Basic surgery 242 M. Scott Echols 18 Basic radiography 269 Lorenzo Crosta, Alessandro Melillo, Petra Schnitzer 19 Infectious diseases 286 Petra Zsivanovits 20 Upper respiratory tract disease 299 Yvonne van Zeeland 21 An approach to the swollen avian eye 317 David Williams 22 Lower respiratory tract disease 324 John Chitty, Deborah Monks 23 The sick bird 334 Richard Jones 24 Abnormal or loose droppings 339 Jean-Michel Hatt 25 Egg retention 350 Stefka Curd 26 Cloacal, uterine and rectal prolapse 358 Angela Lennox, Amber Lee 27 Vomiting and regurgitating bird 366 Thomas N. Tully, Jr. 28 The Thin bird 366 Elisa Wust, Michael Lierz 29 Wing and leg trauma 389 Brett Gartrell 30 Feather loss 397 John Chitty 31 The sick baby bird 409 Deborah Monks 32 Weakness and seizures 418 Michael Pees Appendix 1 Common and scientific species names 425 Appendix 2 Sex identification of selected species 428 Appendix 3 Haematology and biochemistry 430 Appendix 4 Droppings 436 Appendix 5 Falconry terminology 438 Appendix 6 Formulary 439 Index 445.