2016 proceedings : exoticscon, August 27 - September 1, 2016 (exhibits 28 - 31), Portland, Oregon.

"We invite you to enjoy the benefits provided by these AAV Proceedings of ExoticsCon 2016, a combined conference of the Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV), Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians (AEMV), and the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians (ARAV). The 2016 comb...

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Corporate Authors: Association of Avian Veterinarians. Conference, Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, Association of Avian Veterinarians
Format: Software eBook
Language:English
Published: Teaneck, New Jersey : Association of Avian Veterinarians, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • A chicken just walked in through the front door, now what?
  • Chicken breeds: who lays the best eggs?
  • Chicken diseases: what the backyard chicken owner needs to know
  • Chicken husbandry: what owners need to know about housing and predators
  • Chicken anesthesia: are chickens different than other birds?
  • Complete blood counts and normal hematologic values in young bobwhite quail
  • Creating great content for social media
  • Building and growing your exotic animal practice
  • Setting up a private practice residency
  • Updates on veterinary drug compounding
  • Validation of a novel radiograph density determination process: a multicenter study
  • The development of an effective vaccine against proventricular dilatation disease
  • Pharmacokinetics and egg residues after oral meloxicam use in poultry
  • Evaluation of the effects of 4.7-mg deslorelin
  • Acetate implants on egg laying in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) (AAV 2016 House Officer Manuscript Competition Award recipient)
  • Evaluation of dexmedetomidine-alfaxalone-butorphanol and dexmedetomidine-ketamine anesthesia-butorphanol in domestic dove (Streptotelia risoria)
  • Pharmacokinetics of a sustained-release formulation of meloxicam in Hispaniolan Amazon parrots (Amazona ventralis)
  • Pharmacokinetics of itraconazole, voriconazole, and terbinafine delivered by an impregnated subcutaneous implant in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
  • The use of alfaxalone in quaker parrots (Myiopsitta monachus)
  • Impact of site on mesenchymal stem cell yield in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)
  • Median toxic dose of intravenous bupivacaine in isoflurane-anesthetized Ross-708 broiler chickens
  • Regional limb perfusion in avian species
  • Bone density determination using [micro]CT and a novel digital radiograph system in parrots
  • Comparison of pentobarbital and thoracic (cardiac) compression to euthanize anesthetized sparrows (Passer domesticus) and starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
  • Corneal thickness in raptors measured using optical coherence tomography
  • A clinical update on chlamydial infectians in raptors
  • Prevalence and associated hematologic changes of Cyanthostoma microspiculum in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus)
  • Evaluation of a food web toxicity after an invasive species eradication project
  • Surgical repair of keel lesions and lacerations in aquatic birds
  • A protocol to establish the health status of young white storks (Ciconia ciconia)
  • Propatagium injuries and surgical management in black kites (Milvus migrans govinda)
  • Proventricular dilatation disease but negative for avian Bornavirus in raptors: a toucan and a mousebird
  • Generalized tetanus in a gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) with pododermatitis
  • Trends in plasma corticosterone in red-tailed hawks presenting to a wildlife hospital
  • Novel falcon adenovirus strains
  • San Francisco Bay mystery goo spill: medical management during a crisis
  • Emerging diseases in psittacine birds
  • Herbal and natural health supplements in avian medicine
  • Gross lesion recognition for the avian clinician
  • West Nile virus: diagnosis and differentiation from other diseases in raptors
  • Avian respiratory system: function, disease, and treatment
  • Handling respiratory emergencies
  • Backyard poultry practical information you can use presented by systems
  • Avian anesthesia - wild style
  • Interpreting a pharmacokinetic study: applying research in the clinic (AAV 2016 Donald W. Zantop Emerging Leader Award recipient)
  • Avian ophthalmology: principles and application
  • Avian radiographic anatomy
  • Avian orthopedics: a game plan for success
  • Tips and tricks for compounding medications for avian patients
  • Clinical cardiovascular anatomy and disease states
  • Diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases in birds
  • Avian metabolic bone diseases
  • Avian bornaviral ganglioneuritis in clinical practice
  • Sedation in pet birds
  • Introduction to avian endoscopy for the practitioner
  • Pharmacokinetics of a single dose of oral and subcutaneous enrofloxacin in Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber)
  • Intravenous catheter use in avian species
  • Effects of high inspiratory gas flow rates on avian post-intubation tracheal stenosis
  • Tear production in red-tailed hawks with and without ocular disease
  • Lead concentrations in tissues form free-ranging North American vultures
  • Manual restraint and its physiologic effects in birds
  • Anti-ganglioside antibodies are not associated with the development of proventricular dilatation disease
  • Consistency of behavioral responses of grey parrots across different contexts
  • Welfare effects of feeding naturally sized biscuit diet to orange-winged Amazon parrots
  • Tibiotarsal fractures in pet birds: a retrospective study of 86 cases
  • Comparison of methods for determining prevalence of Macrorhabdus ornithogaster in a flock of captive budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
  • Unusual presentations of chlamydiosis in psittacine and other birds
  • Clinical use of melatonin in birds
  • Spironucleus in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)
  • Angiocentric immunoproliferative lesions as a cause of pruritus and automutilation in parrots
  • Immunization of poultry
  • A novel technique for cloacal removal of mature retained eggs in birds
  • Coxiella-like infection in a juvenile eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus): diagnosis and management
  • Experiences with free flight
  • The chicken foot: when is a bumble not a bumble?
  • Stifle disarticulation as a pelvic limb amputation technique in a cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) and a Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) (AAV 2016 Student Manuscript Competition Award recipient)
  • Osteomyelitis in two aquatic avian species, a mute swan (Cygnus olor) and a ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis), caused by novel bacteria: Chryseobacterium indologenes
  • Normal circadian tear production in two steppic avian species, the houbara bustard and the stone curlew
  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza in juvenile black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)
  • Unilateral complete obstruction of the primary bronchus in two juvenile macaws
  • Intraosseous lipoma in a rose-breasted cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla)
  • Lateral body wall herniation secondary to chronic oviductal disease in two psittacine birds
  • Diabetes insipidus in a 4-year-old Congo African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) positive for avian Bornavirus
  • Autoimmune-like disease affecting the skin and feathers in a goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
  • Infraorbital keratin cyst in an umbrella cockatoo (Cacatua alba)
  • Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in two Amazon parrots
  • Extreme enrichment for the modern macaw
  • The Endangered Species Act: effects on non-native species, aviculture and avian veterinarians
  • So you want to start a pet-bird rescue?
  • Long-term use of an air sac cannula in a griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
  • Prior investment in training significantly reduces stress for treatment of unexpected illness
  • Wound management with medical maggots in a peacock (Pavo cristatus)
  • Proventriculotomy for foreign body removal in three chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)
  • Clinical exotic animal applications for F10 antiseptic solution: a novel agent in the USA - a recent addition to the food and drug administration's minor use and minor species index 900-007
  • Clinical exotic animal applications for F10 germicidal wound spray with insecticide: a novel agent in the USA - a recent addition to the Food and Drug Administration's minor species index 900-007
  • Mycobacteriosis in three pet psittacine bird species: a case series
  • Eustrogylides induced esophagitis, ventricular perforation and celomitis in an Australasian darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
  • Co-occurrence of mycoplasmas and pigeon herpesvirus-1 infection in racing pigeons (Columba livia)
  • Parrots with traumatic spinal fractures: three cases and their outcomes
  • Troubleshooting poor anesthetic recovery: persistence pays
  • Drug dosing in exotic animals: are we using evidence-based medicine?
  • How, what, and why of tracking the acute-phase response
  • Development of an online tumor database for zoological and exotic species: roundtable discussion
  • Characterization of gout versus pseudogout crystals in exotic animals
  • Practical application of photobiomodulation (laser therapy) in exotic pet practice
  • Establishing a fish practice in an existing exotics practice
  • European and American clinical cooperatives: a novel veterinary student study abroad program