BSAVA Manual of Avian Practice: A Foundation Manual

• Includes quick reference guides
• Informative and detailed appendices
• Clinical signs-based section, exploring particular conditions in detail

Contents
Species guide; Anatomy and physiology; Husbandry; Reproduction; Behaviour; Nutrition; The bird-friendly practice; Reception guide for the general practice; Handling and transporting birds; History taking and examination; Hospitalization and critical care; Sample taking and basic clinical pathology; Euthanasia: grief and bereavement; Post-mortem examination; Basic techniques; Basic anaesthesia; Basic surgery; Basic radiography; Infectious diseases; Upper respiratory disease; Lower respiratory tract disease; The sick bird; An approach to abnormal or loose droppings; Egg retention; Cloacal, uterine and rectal prolapse; Vomiting and regurgitating bird; Thin bird; Traumatic wing and leg injuries; Feather loss; Sick baby bird; Weakness and seizures