Conditions and Diseases

An enlargement of the thyroid observed in many species of birds, including pigeons, canaries, budgerigars, and wild birds.

Health concern plaguing caged birds, which is brought on by the build up of uric acid.

Monitoring bird droppings can help identify illness in a bird. By Birds n Ways.

Describes this condition, its causes, and the importance of early intervention.

Discusses cardiopulmonary resuscitation that can save a bird's life in the correct circumstances.

Discusses some common causes such as malnutrition, psychological stress, parasites, and internal organ disease in relation to this behavioral problem in birds.

Information on this contagious and fatal viral disease of birds, the signs to recognize and how the disease spreads, provided by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of USDA.

Study documents experimental transmission of PDD to susceptible birds following inoculation with clarified tissue homogenates from birds with the disease.