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Avian Aspergillosis in Birds: Aspergillus fumigatus Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Antifungal Treatment
A clinical reference on avian aspergillosis for veterinarians: how Aspergillus fumigatus causes opportunistic respiratory and systemic disease in psittacines, raptors, waterfowl, and penguins; why presentation is insidious; how to combine endoscopy, imaging, hematology, and serology for diagnosis; and evidence-based antifungal dosing — including the reduced itraconazole dose required in African grey parrots and voriconazole's species-specific toxicity.
Read →Inclusion Body Disease (IBD) of Boid Snakes: Reptarenavirus Infection
DVM reference on inclusion body disease of boid snakes: reptarenavirus (and hartmanivirus) etiology, boa vs python presentations, blood-smear and RT-PCR diagnosis, differentials, and quarantine, biosecurity, and euthanasia decision-making.
Read →Metabolic Bone Disease in Bearded Dragons & Reptiles: A DVM Guide
Managing nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (MBD) in bearded dragons and reptiles: diagnosis with ionized calcium and radiographs, emergency hypocalcemia treatment, calcium and vitamin D3 dosing, cautious calcitonin use, and the husbandry corrections that are the definitive fix.
Read →Reptile Anesthesia and Analgesia: DVM Protocols
Evidence-based reptile anesthesia and analgesia for DVMs: ectothermy and cardiac-shunt physiology, alfaxalone/propofol induction, IPPV, mu-opioid analgesia (butorphanol fails), Doppler/capnography monitoring, and recovery, with a cited agent/dose table.
Read →Rabbit Pasteurellosis (Snuffles): Antibiotic Selection & Treatment
DVM reference for Pasteurella multocida in rabbits: which antibiotics are rabbit-safe (enrofloxacin, TMS, chloramphenicol, azithromycin, parenteral penicillin G) versus the oral penicillins, clindamycin, and lincomycin that cause fatal enterotoxemia. Culture, clinical spectrum, and prognosis.
Read →Rabbit GI Stasis (RGIS): Emergency Workup and Treatment
A DVM's emergency guide to rabbit gastrointestinal stasis: separating functional ileus from true obstruction with imaging and blood glucose, then fluid resuscitation, analgesia, assist feeding, and evidence-based prokinetic use.
Read →Encephalitozoon cuniculi in rabbits: diagnosis & treatment
DVM guide to E. cuniculi in rabbits: IgG/IgM and CRP serology, the neurologic, renal, and phacoclastic-uveitis syndromes, the fenbendazole 20 mg/kg PO q24h x 28-day protocol, why corticosteroids are contraindicated, supportive care, prognosis, and zoonotic risk.
Read →Rabbit Analgesia and Pain Management: Evidence-Based Dosing
Evidence-based rabbit analgesia for DVMs: why meloxicam is dosed at 1 mg/kg, buprenorphine route matters (IV/IM over SC), opioid GI-motility ranking, local blocks and CRIs, multimodal protocols, and objective pain scoring with the Rabbit Grimace Scale and RPBS.
Read →Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD): Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis
DVM reference on PBFD (beak and feather disease virus, a circovirus): the peracute-to-chronic clinical spectrum, PCR on blood and feather pulp with repeat testing to separate transient from persistent infection, supportive care with no specific antiviral, biosecurity, and prognosis.
Read →Guinea Pig Hypovitaminosis C (Scurvy): DVM Management
Point-of-care guide to guinea pig scurvy: GULO-deficiency pathophysiology, clinical signs, differentials, diagnosis, and vitamin C dosing (50 mg/kg PO/SC therapeutic; 10-30 mg/kg/day maintenance) with supportive care and prognosis.
Read →Guinea Pig Cheek-Tooth Malocclusion: DVM Diagnosis and Treatment
Cheek-tooth (premolar/molar) elongation is the guinea pig's most common disease. DVM guide to aetiology, tongue-bridging pathophysiology, diagnosis, coronal reduction under GA (not nail clippers), husbandry correction and guarded prognosis.
Read →Ferret Lymphoma: Diagnosis and Treatment
A clinical reference on ferret lymphoma for DVMs: high-grade (lymphoblastic) vs low-grade (lymphocytic) forms, anatomic presentations, the diagnostic workup, representative prednisolone and COP/CHOP chemotherapy dosing, and prognosis by subtype.
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