A 4-year-old female blue-headed pionus parrot (Pionus menstruus rubrigularis) presented repeatedly for acute smoke inhalation. The protracted clinical course and secondary respiratory infections with multiple pathogens represented characteristic sequelae to smoke inhalation and toxicosis seen in other species, but these have not been previously reported in birds.
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1 June 2008
Recurrent Smoke-Induced Respiratory Infections in a Ruby Blue-Headed Pionus Parrot (Pionus Menstruus Rubrigularis)
Elisabeth Simone-Freilicher
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 22 • No. 2
June 2008
Vol. 22 • No. 2
June 2008
Avian
Pionus menstruus rubrigularis
pionus parrot
sinusitis
smoke inhalation
upper respiratory infection