title: Diseases in parrots.
abstract: This article can be regarded as a primer to psittacine medicine. An introduction to pet psittacine species and Dutch legislation with regard to keeping parrots as pets, is followed by diagnostic techniques. Some emergency therapeutic measures are highlighted. A review is presented of some characteristic or important parrot diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine, University of Utrecht Small Animal Clinic, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lumeij
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Westerhof
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010311:Parrots; D011563:Psittaciformes