Avian Surgical Anatomy and Orthopedic Management, Second Edition Susan E Orosz, PhD, DVM, DABVP (Av), DECZM (Av) Scott Echols, DVM, DABVP (Av) Patrick T Redig, DVM, PhD Published 2023 The long awaited second edition of Avian Surgical Anatomy and Orthopedic Management is finally available after 10 years of research and writing.  Dr Susan Orosz’s first…

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The Association of Avian Veterinarians is holding their Annual Conference and Expo June 28-July 1 in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr Echols will give multiple presentations and labs on various avian medical and surgical topics. For more information, please go to https://www.aav.org/page/cfp2024.

Phoenix Landing will hold its annual wellness retreat April 6-7, 2024 in Asheville, NC. Dr Echols will present on ‘Diagnosing commonly misdiagnosed diseases’. For more details, please go to https://www.aav.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1790675&group=.

Dr Echols will attend Anatomy Connected 2024, March 22-25, 2024, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr Echols is a team member on numerous presentations (live and poster) and will be available to discuss new technology. For more information on the conference, please go to https://anatomy.org/AnnualMeeting/AnnualMeeting/Default.aspx.

World Bird Park

Welt Vogel Park Whenever I find myself in a new place, I make it a point to learn about the local animals. Of course I have a strong bend towards avian species and am always curious if there is a bird park nearby. On a 2013 trip to attend a conference in Germany, I came…

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Parrot Bytes- health topics related to pet parrots with Emily Strong of the Austin Parrot Society and Dr Scott Echols avian specialist veterinarian To request additional topics, please contact Emily Strong at frombeakstobarks@gmail.com     Introduction Emily: In my ongoing search for nutrition information, I’m seeing a lot of fairly reckless blanket statements about the…

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Update on Proventricular Dilatation Disease and Bornavirus Probably one of the most frightening and frustrating disease of parrot species is proventricular dilatation disease (or ‘PDD’). The disease goes by many names such as macaw wasting syndrome, myenteric ganglioneuritis, proventricular dilatation syndrome and more. The bottom line is that the disease is characterized by a specific inflammatory…

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3-19-13 Those who are following ‘Phoenix’ will be happy to know that the young eagle is doing well.  His caretakers are waiting for Phoenix to moult and get a new set of feathers.  Once Phoenix has a brand new set of feathers, to replace the burned ones, then flight training will begin.  From there, we…

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