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FOREWORD

SECTION 1
ADVANCES IN PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
1 Practice Management: Developing a
Career as an Avian Veterinarian

SECTION 2
ESTABLISHING A DIAGNOSIS
2 Common Imaging Modalities: Selecting
the Right Modality and Getting the Most
Out of Your Imaging
3 Thermal Imaging
4 The Value of Necropsy

SECTION 3
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION
5 Pharmacologic Intervention
Evaluating Drug Therapy Options
Review of Pharmacokinetics and
Pharmacodynamics
Overview of Modeling Options:
Establishing and Optimizing Avian
Dosing Regimen
Pharmacological Intervention:
Interpretation of Antimicrobial
Susceptibility Results
Considerations When Pharmacokinetic or
Treatment Data Do Not Exist
Alternatives to Pharmacological
Treatment
Compounding Considerations for Avian
Patients
Monitoring Established Treatment
Plan
6 Antimicrobial Agents
Core Elements of Antimicrobial
Stewardship
Antimicrobial Drug Selection and Use
Improved Prescribing
7 Antibacterial Drugs
Culture Results and Interpretation
Antibacterial Susceptibility Testing and
Interpretation
Antibacterial Prophylaxis
8 Antifungal Drugs
9 Antiparasitic Drugs
10 Antiviral Drugs

SECTION 4
INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION
11 Interaction of Host, Agent, Environment,
and Disease
12 Hygiene and Disinfection
13 Vaccination Strategies

SECTION 5
UPDATES ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES
14 Avian Bornavirus
15 Poxvirus
16 West Nile Virus and Other
Flaviviruses
17 Campylobacteriosis
18 Avian Chlamydiosis—Beyond Chlamydia
psittaci
19 Erysipelas in Wild Birds
20 Mycoplasmosis
21 Cryptococcosis
22 Trichomoniasis
23 Diplomonad Protozoal Diseases:
Giardiasis, Spironucleosis
24 Histomoniasis
25 Cochlosomosis

SECTION 6
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
26 Anatomy and Physiology of the
Respiratory System
27 Diagnostic Workup of Respiratory
Problems
28 Diseases of the Respiratory Tract
29 Surgery of the Respiratory Tract
30 Diagnostic Endoscopy, Endoscope-Assisted Therapy, and Endosurgery
of the Avian Respiratory System

SECTION 7
BEAKS, FEATHERS, AND FEET
31 The Beak: Form, Function, and
Problems
32 Feathers and Conditions of the
Plumage
33 Pododermatitis

SECTION 8
THE TRAUMA PATIENT
34 Triage and Stabilization
35 Advances in Management of Pain in
Birds
36 Wound Management
37 Management of Fractures and
Luxations

SECTION 9
EMBRYOLOGY, NEONATOLOGY AND
PEDIATRICS
38 From Fertilization to Hatch: Egg and
Embryonic Development
39 Natural Incubation
40 Artificial Incubation
41 Pediatrics
42 Raptor Incubation and Pediatrics
43 Incubation and Pediatrics of
Columbiformes (Pigeons/Doves)
44 Toucan Incubation and Pediatrics
45 Neonatology of Precocial Birds

SECTION 10
ADVANCES IN WELFARE
46 Minimizing Fear and Stress During the
Physical Examination
47 Strategic Use of Enrichment: What,
When, and How

SECTION 11
CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
48 Introduction to Anthropogenic
and Environmental Threats to Avian
Wildlife
49 Biotoxins
50 Hazards Related to Man-Made Structures:
Buildings, Noise, Electric Power
51 Petroleum Products
52 Anthropogenic Toxins
53 Wildfires
54 Wild Birds, Cats, and One Health

SECTION 12
MEDICINE OF SPECIFIC TAXONOMIC
GROUPS
55 Falconry: Past, Present, and Future
56 Toucans and Hornbills
Toucans
Hornbills
Iron Storage Disease
The Hornbill Casque in Health and
Disease

APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Table of Common Drugs and
Approximate Doses
Appendix 2 Normal Clinical Pathologic
Data
Appendix 3 Normal Biological Data
Appendix 4 Chick Growth Data

Index