The Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
is an international journal of the medicine and
surgery of both captive and wild birds. Published
materials includescientific articles, case reports
editorials, abstracts,new research, and book reviews

Contents
Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Volume 26, Number 3
September 2012


ORIGINAL STUDIES
 

Hematologic and Plasma Biochemical Values of Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Cristiane K. M. Kolesnikovas, DVM, MSc, PhD, Claudia Niemeyer, DVM, Rodrigo H. F. Teixeira, DVM, MSc, Adauto L. V. Nunes, DVM, MSc, Luciana C. Rameh-de-Albuquerque, DVM, PhD, Sávio S. Sant'Anna, BSc, MSc, and José L. Catão-Dias, DVM, MSc, PhD
pg(s) 125–129

Sedation and Physiologic Response to Manual Restraint After Intranasal Administration of Midazolam in Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots (Amazona ventralis)

Christoph Mans, med vet, David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, LV, MS, Dipl ACZM, Dipl ECZM (Avian), Lesanna L. Lahner, DVM, MPH, Joanne Paul-Murphy, DVM, Dipl ACZM, and Kurt K. Sladky, DVM, MS, Dipl ACZM
pg(s) 130–139

Effects of Ultracentrifugation on Plasma Biochemical Values of Prefledged Wild Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Northeastern Illinois

Joel Pond, CVT, Steve Thompson, PhD, Mary Hennen, BS, John Pauley, CVT, Kathryn C. Gamble, DVM, MS, Dipl ACZM
pg(s) 140–143

The Detection of Avian Bornavirus Within Psittacine Eggs

Erin Monaco, DVM, MS, Sharman Hoppes, DVM, ABVP, Jianhua Guo, DVM, PhD, and Ian Tizard, BVMS, PhD, DSc, Dipl ACVM
pg(s) 144–148

Nutritional Levels of Diets Fed to Captive Amazon Parrots: Does Mixing Seed, Produce, and Pellets Provide a Healthy Diet?

Donald J. Brightsmith, MS, PhD
pg(s) 149–160

Pharmacokinetics of Nebulized Terbinafine in Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots (Amazona ventralis)

Lee C. Emery, BS, Sherry K. Cox, MS, PhD, and Marcy J. Souza, DVM, MPH, Dipl ABVP (Avian), Dipl ACVPM
pg(s) 161–166

CLINICAL REPORTS


Implantation of a Titanium Partial Limb Prosthesis in a White-Naped Crane (Grus vipio)

E. Marie Rush, DVM, Thomas M. Turner, DVM, Ronald Montgomery, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVS, Anna L. Ogburn, DVM, Robert M. Urban, Chris Sidebothum, BSME, and Andrew LaVasser, DVM
pg(s) 167–175

Ingluviotomy Tube Placement for Lead-induced Crop Stasis in the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

Roberto F. Aguilar, DVM, Jill N. Yoshicedo, DVM, and Chris N. Parish, BS
pg(s) 176–181


LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Peter Kloen, Director of Orthopaedic Trauma, MD, PhD, Tymen A. Kloen, Frank Verstappen, DVM, Dipl ECZM (Avian), and Roelof Maarschalkerweerd, DVM
pg(s) 182–183

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
 

A Few Years Out of Veterinary School: Are You Happy as a Veterinarian?

Laurie Hess, Associate Editor, DVM, Dipl ABVP (Avian)
pg(s) 184–187

 SELECTED ABSTRACTS FROM THE LITERATURE
 

Selected Abstracts from the Literature
pg(s) 188–193

COMING MEETINGS

 

pg(s) 202–202