Popis: |
Dermatologic conditions are common and potentially frustrating clinical problems in psittacine birds. There may be several possible causes for a particular clinical presentation. Differential diagnoses, the diagnostic approach, and the therapeutic approach are discussed for the following clinical presentations: abnormal feather structure or development, changes in feather color, feather loss without picking, feather picking, cutaneous masses, lesions of the head or beak, lesions of the feet or legs, and lesions involving the uropygial gland. |