Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Recurrent smoke-induced respiratory infections in a ruby blue-headed pionus parrot (Pionus menstruus rubrigularis).
- Journal:
- Journal of avian medicine and surgery
- Year:
- 2008
- Authors:
- Simone-Freilicher, Elisabeth
- Affiliation:
- Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island · United States
- Species:
- bird
Abstract
A 4-year-old female blue-headed pionus parrot (Pionus menstruus rubrigularis) presented repeatedly for acute smoke inhalation. The protracted clinical course and secondary respiratory infections with multiple pathogens represented characteristic sequelae to smoke inhalation and toxicosis seen in other species, but these have not been previously reported in birds.
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