Holistic Bird Newsletter:Find avian health and disease articles on anatomy, immune, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Includes sections on special needs birds, behavior, stress management, and healing herbs.
Avian Biotech: Avian Disease Center: Offers testing for many avian diseases affecting all kinds of birds. Including DNA sexing.
Avian Cancer: Discusses the types of tumors that have been diagnosed in pet birds, including those of the skin and internal organs.
Avian Disease Fact Sheet: Signs of health and disease in poultry, disease diagnosis, parasites, and nutritional deficiencies. From Virginia State University.
Avian Goiter (Thyroid Hyperplasia or Dysplasia): An enlargement of the thyroid observed in many species of birds, including pigeons, canaries, budgerigars, and wild birds.
Correcting Spraddle or Splay Leg in Birds: Describes this condition, its causes, and the importance of early intervention.
CPR for Birds: Discusses cardiopulmonary resuscitation that can save a bird's life in the correct circumstances.
Dealing With Vitamin A Deficiency in Birds: Describes the most common preventable avian disease, hypovitaminosis A, which particularly affects pet birds that eat only seeds.
Diabetes in Birds: Describes this condition, the treatment, and complications.
Evaluating Birdpoop: Monitoring bird droppings can help identify illness in a bird. By Birds n Ways.
Fatty Liver Disease in Cockatiels: Reasons why a parrot develops fatty liver disease and what can be done to prevent it. From Winged Wisdom Pet Bird Magazine.
Gout In Birds: Describes this condition, dietary recommendations, and medications to control it.
How to Fix Splay Legs in Baby Lovebirds Using a Makeup Sponge: Contains photographs of how to tend to this condition in baby birds of this species.
Signs of Respiratory Problems: Discusses sneezing, nasal discharge, coughing, loss or change of voice, and heavy breathing.
Sour Crop in the Neonate: A life-threatening complication usually seen in baby birds where the crop stops emptying and becomes distended with fermenting food and fluids. From the National Cockatiel Society.
The Amazing Avian Beak Anatomy and Common Disorders: Learn about beaks, their functions, parts, diseases, and disorders.
The Veterinarian - Treating Vomiting and Regurgitation in Birds: Describes the differences between vomiting and regurgitation which owners sometimes confuse. Covers diagnostic procedures, obstructions, disease of the upper alimentary tract, proventricular, and ventricular disease.
Thyroid Testing in Avian Species: Describes this controversial test, signs of hypothyroidism, and emphasizes the importance of making a careful diagnosis.
Visceral Gout in Birds: Health concern plaguing caged birds, which is brought on by the build up of uric acid.