Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
August 26, 2009 By:Valarie V. Tynes, DVM, DACVB
Q: A client told me that when he holds his pet bird in his hand and it bites, he corrects the bird by flinging it off his hand and onto the floor. What should I advise this client as far as this method of correcting the bird?
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 27, 2009
St. Paul, Minn. -- A poultry feed typically used by small flock owners has been voluntarily recalled by its manufacturer.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 9, 2009
Ithaca, N.Y. -- A new, free tool, produced by Partners in Animal Health at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, aims to minimize animal disease outbreaks by helping veterinarians and farmers diagnose poultry diseases more quickly.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
February 26, 2009
Veterinarians and owners soon may be the only ones allowed to handle exotic animals in Missouri.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
February 25, 2009
National Report -- The recall of pet foods made with peanut products possibly contaminated with Salmonella has been growing since the outbreak started in January and now includes several bird-food products.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
December 10, 2008
Hong Kong's government is considering changing the vaccine it uses to protect poultry against avian flu after 60 chickens were found dead at one of the city's largest poultry farms, forcing the slaughter of 60,000 birds on that farm and 30,000 more within a two-mile radius.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008 By:Susan Kelleher, DVM
Deciding to open your practice to seeing avian and exotic patients is definitely a great idea. Avian and exotic pets are growing in numbers and people are just as, and sometimes even more attached to them as others are to their pet dogs and cats.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008 By:Susan Kelleher, DVM
A 4 year old neutered male rabbit weighing 1.98 kg presented in December of 2002 for a 1 year history of nasal discharge and violent sneezing.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
October 1, 2008
Accurately weighing birds is difficult; however, I've found that placing the bird in a clear, plastic strawberry container and weighing the bird and container make this task much easier.
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