Grey Cheek Medical Problem Resources

Suggested Reading Materials for Grey Cheek Medical Problems

Oct. 1998 - Having gone through some medical problems with my grey cheek, I decided to share my research materials list with others that may be having similar health problems with their grey cheeks. The following resources were found to be very useful.
Accident Prone
Avian Gout
Avian Tuberculosis
Bacterial Hepatitis
Chlamydiosis
Chronic Egg Laying
Diet/Toxicity Problems
Feather Mutilation (Plucking/Picking)
Giardia
Health/Medical/Safety Issues
Megabacteriosis
Myialges nudus
Normal Blood Chemistry
Other
Other Medical Sites

Accident Prone

Avian Gout

Avian Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium avium)

  • "Avian Tuberculosis" - parrotletranch.com.
  • "Avian Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium avium)" - Avianbiotech.com.
  • B303 - TUBERCULOSIS (AVIAN) - SPC.
  • Bond, Matthew W. "Brotogeris and Avian Tuberculosis," Bird Breeder, 67 (Oct. 1995): 71 (letter in "Ask the Vet" section--Q & A).
  • Butcher, G.D., W.M. Reed, R.W. Winterfield, and A. Nilipour. "Mycobacterium infection in a grey-cheeked parakeet," Avian Diseases, 34 (1990 Oct-Dec.): 1023-1026.
  • Feldman, William Hugh. "Avian Tuberculosis Infections," Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Co., 1938.
  • Forster, Friederike and Helga Gerlach. "Mycobacteria in Psittaciformes," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Zoological and Avian Medicine, 1987: 39-56 (grey cheeks: 42,46-47,51).
  • Fudge, Alan M., Loni McEntee, and R.E. Schmidt. "Cutaneous and Systemic Tuberculosis in a Grey-cheeked parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhopterus)," Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, Miami, 1986: 215-218 (mentions grey cheeks).
  • Harris, Robbie. "Pockets Full of Pleasure" and "More About Grey Cheeks," Bird Talk, 16 (Jun. 1998): 40-42,44-54,58-59 (mentions avian TB).
  • "Infectious DNA Testing: A118 - Avian Tuberculosis" - HealthGene.
  • Panigraphy, B., F.D. Clark, and C.F. Hall. "Mycobacteriosis in Psittacine Birds," Avian Diseases, 27 (1983): 1166-1168 (mentions grey cheeks).
  • "Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC infections)" and Disseminated Infection with Mycobacterium avium Complex," HIVPositive.
  • Pesek, Linda. "Ask the Vet (Tuberculosis)," The Aviary, 1996 (mentions grey cheeks).
  • Pesek, Linda. "Zoonotic Diseases - Part III, Bird to Human Transmission: Avian Tuberculosis (Mycobacteriosis)," Winged Wisdom (July 1998; mentions grey cheeks).
  • Remington, Kitty Hall. "Atypical Mycobacteriosis in a Mixed Collection of Caged Birds," Proceeding of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, 1993: 256-262.
  • Riddell, C. and D.R. Atkinson. "Two Cases of Mycobacteriosis in Psittacine Birds," Canadian Veterinary Journal 22 (May 1981): 144-147 (mentions Brotogeris).
  • Rosskopf, Walter J., Jr., Richard W. Woerpel, and Lane, Rosalie. "Conures, Lovebirds and Grey Cheeks: Common Health Problems," Bird Talk, 3 (Sept. 1985): 35-36,38-39.
  • Rosskopf, Walter J., Jr. and Richard W. Woerpel. "Pet Avian Conditions and Syndromes" in Diseases of Cage and Aviary Birds, ed. Walter J. Rosskopf, Jr. and Richard A. Woerpel, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996: 260-282 (grey cheeks/Brotogeris: 274-275).
  • Rosskopf, Walter J., Jr. and Richard W. Woerpel. "Successful Treatment of Avian Tuberculosis in Pet Psittacines" in Diseases of Cage and Aviary Birds, ed. Walter J. Rosskopf, Jr. and Richard A. Woerpel, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996: 260-282 (grey cheeks/Brotogeris: 274-275).
  • Rosskopf, Walter J., Jr. and Richard W. Woerpel. "Using Clinical Pathology Results in Avian Clinical Medicine with Case Reports," Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, 1991: 238-251 (re: grey cheeks).
    (grey cheeks/Brotogeris: 848-849).
  • Styles, Darrel K.Avian Tuberculosis: The Disease and Its Management.
  • Vaughn, Sam. "Causes and Treatments of Mycobacteriosis," Bird Breeder On-line, (Jan. 1999) (letter in "Ask the Vet" section--Q & A).
  • VanDerHeyden, Nicole. "Avian Tuberculosis," Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, 1994: 399-401.
  • VanDerHeyden, Nicole. "Avian Tuberculosis: Diagnosis and Attempted Treatment," Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, 1986: 203-214 (mentions grey cheeks).
  • VanDerHeyden, Nicole. "Update of Avian Mycobacteriosis," Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, 1994: 53-61.
  • Wissman, Margaret A. "Battling Tuberculosis," Bird Talk, 15 (Aug. 1997): 102-104 (in "Causes & Cures" section; mentions Brotogeris).
  • Wissman, Margaret A. and Bill Parsons. "Avian Tuberculosis," Bird Talk, 13 (Feb. 1995): 12 (in "Smalltalk" section; mentions grey cheeks).

Bacterial Hepatitis

  • Beck, Jürgen and Michael Nassal. " Sequence- and Structure-Specific Determinants in the Interaction between the RNA Encapsidation Signal and Reverse Transcriptase of Avian Hepatitis B Viruses," Journal of Virology, 71 (July 1997): 4971-4980.
  • Madon, Jerzy and Hubert E. Blum. "Receptor-Mediated Delivery of Hepatitis B Virus DNA and Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides to Avian Liver Cells," Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 1996.
  • Rosskopf, Walter J., Jr., Richard W. Woerpel, and Lane, Rosalie. "Conures, Lovebirds and Grey Cheeks: Common Health Problems," Bird Talk, 3 (Sept. 1985): 35-36,38-39.
  • Rosskopf, Walter J., Jr. and Richard W. Woerpel. "Pet Avian Conditions and Syndromes" in Diseases of Cage and Aviary Birds, ed. Walter J. Rosskopf, Jr. and Richard A. Woerpel, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996: 260-282 (grey cheeks/Brotogeris: 274-275).

Chlamydiosis

Chronic Egg Laying

Diet/Toxicity Problems

  • Bennett, Jean. "Dangerous Sweets," Bird Talk, 8 (Jul. 1990): 4 (letter in "Back Talk" section; mentions grey cheeks).
  • Bond, Matthew W. and Katherine K. Muser. "Vitamin D3 Toxicity," Bird Breeder, 67 (Jan. 1995): 68 (letter in "Ask the Vet" section--Q & A; mentions grey cheeks).
  • Clipsham, Robert. "Avocado Toxicity," Bird Talk, 17 (May 1999): 60-61.
  • Gaines, James. "Get the Lead Out," Birds Talk, 17 (Nov. 1999): 56-57.
  • Vaughn, Samuel B. "Malnutrition: A Silent Killer," Bird Talk, 19 (May 2001): 40-49.
  • Wissman, Margaret. "Causes and Cures: Lead & Zinc Poisoning," Bird Talk 23 (June 2005): 62-63.

Feather Mutilation (Plucking/Picking)

Giardia

Health/Medical/Safety Issues

Megabacteriosis - (normally associated with budgies but can affect grey cheeks as well)

Myialges nudus - a skin mite (Sarcoptiform Mange)

Normal Blood Chemistry for Grey Cheeks

  • Rosskopf, Walter J., Jr., Richard W. Woerpel, and Marilyn Monahan-Brennan. "Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostic Tools" in Companion Bird Medicine, ed. Elisha W. Burr, Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1987: 180-196 (grey cheeks: 185).

Other

Other medical sites



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