Emergency Care for Birds: A Guide for Veterinary Professionals PDF. Due to their often small size and unique physical characteristics, birds can deteriorate rapidly in the event of illness and injury. Timely intervention in the event of clinical signs is therefore essential for an optimal prognosis. Authored by avian veterinarian Rob van Zon, this concise, practical guide will help veterinary professionals to provide first aid and emergency care for birds, as well as to instruct clients on providing basic first aid when they are unable to get to the clinic.
Emergency Care for Birds: A Guide for Veterinary Professionals includes instructions for veterinary professionals on stabilizing sick avian patients and management of many specific emergency situations at the veterinary clinic. This includes guidance for those presented with a moribund, critically ill patient i.e., recognizing and treating hypothermia, hypoxia, hypovolemia and hypoglycemia. The book also lists of alarming signs of disease and toxic plants, and includes clinical procedures, an emergency drug formulary, and bandaging techniques. Finally, Emergency Care for Birds: A Guide for Veterinary Professionals offers guidance to veterinarians giving advice to bird owners for first aid at home.
About Author
About Author
Having been interested in birds throughout his whole youth, Rob van Zon started studying veterinary medicine at the University of Utrecht to turn his passion into his job. After graduating in 2005, Rob worked as avian veterinarian in veterinary practices in Amsterdam and Utrecht and in avian wildlife centers in the Netherlands. In addition to treating thousands of birds in his own clinics, Rob tries to help as many birds as possible indirectly by teaching other veterinarians, students and bird owners.
Table of Contents
Emergency Care for Birds: A Guide for Veterinary Professionals Table of Contents
Clinical signs of disease
Signs of disease requiring immediate attention by a veterinary professional
Observation, physical examination and diagnostic tests
General stabilization of sick birds
Heat
Fluid therapy
Nutritional support
Oxygen
Analgesia and anesthesia
Quick guide for stabilizing birds in case of severe dyspnea, debilitation and shock
Leg band constriction
Bleeding pin feather
Hyperthermia
Bleeding nail or beak tip
Perforating (bite) trauma of the beak
Lacerations and cuts
Bite wound or deep wound caused by claws
Self-mutilation
Burn injuries
Contact with rodent or insect glue
Oiled birds
Intoxications
Concussion
Cloacal prolapse
Vomiting
Crop stasis
Seizures
Egg binding / Dystocia
Dyspnea
Falling, abnormal stances and abnormal movements
Paralysis
Abnormal eye or closed eyelids (inability or unwillingness to open the eye)
Abnormal position of limbs. Fractures and luxations
By Rob van Zon
