AGROUP OF AFRICAN GREY parrots kept indoors on the premises of a parrot breeder in the UK are being studied longitudinally over 3 years to monitor the effects of staged changes in husbandry on calcium metabolism. The study group consists of 100 healthy adult African grey parrots of known sex that were fed a seed diet for 12 months prior to the beginning of the study. Fecal samples were taken fr...

Parrots are birds that live in the tropical and subtropical regions of world. International trade parrots is carried out according to CITES Convention. A total 135 parrot species were imported 40 re-exported between 1982 2016 Turkey. Exotic have started spread established breeding populations only around city centres Introduction establishment alien country unwanted situation because can advers...

Psittacosis, also known as parrot disease, parrot fever and ornithosis, can be transmitted to humans by inhaling dried excreta of infected birds like canaries, parakeets, parrots, pigeons and turkeys. Unless it is specifically thought of and investigated, the diagnosis of psittacosis can easily be missed and without identifying the exact etiology, the disease is usually treated as atypical pneu...

The beak and feather disease virus (family Circovirdae) is a of concern in the conservation wild Psittaciformes globally. We conducted PCR screening for (BFDV) using samples collected during previous field studies (1993–2014) five populations parrots Southern Hemisphere: Eclectus (Eclectus roratus) Crimson rosellas (Platycercus elegans) from Australia, Burrowing (Cyanoliseus patagonus) Monk par...

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae and phenotypically carbapenemase, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), acquired-AmpC beta-lactamase, multiple antibiotic resistance isolates in faeces budgerigars parrots. A total 96 faecal samples belonging 54 42 parrots were used study. Cultivation performed on various media for identification pneuomiae from col...