1- Day Course

Course Description

Avian clinical techniques will allow participants to learn hands-on approaches to reproductive disease, surgical prolapse, and avian emergencies. Most avian patients are prey species and hide evidence of illness for as long as possible. By the time they are presented to the veterinary clinic, birds are often much more debilitated than the owners realize. Appropriate triage and stabilization is required for birds presenting on emergency. Techniques covered in this workshop are essential for any veterinary practitioner working with birds. This review will cover clinical techniques applicable to both elective and emergency cases. The clinical techniques covered in this workshop will include appropriate grooming methods of the nails, beak, and wings; injection site location and tips for intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intravenous medications; venipuncture; intravenous catheterization; intraosseous catheterization; crop sampling, lavage, and gavage feeding; and more!

Other topics covered will include, prolapse reduction techniques and reproductive disease. The placement of transverse sutures for temporary fixation. Special focus will be given to vent and cloacal surgical procedures including single-site and bilateral traditional ventplasty, asymmetric right ventplasty of psittacine birds, and multiple cloacopexy techniques.

Reproductive disease is one of the most common causes of avian patients presenting on an emergency. Workshops will discuss coelomic surgical approaches in birds, including the flank approach, ventral midline, and variations of ventral midline. Step-by-step coverage of an avian salpingohysterectomy will be reviewed including tips and tricks for performing this surgery on birds with reproductive disease.

8 CE CREDIT HOURS | $1,750

Course Date: May 28

Check-in: May 27 • Check-out: May 29