Alimentary foreign body in an Amazon parrot.
An Amazon Parrot regurgitated and drooled and had blood in its droppings. Abdominal palpation revealed several small, spherical masses. Positive-contrast radiographs clearly delineated the objects. With the bird under halothane anesthesia and the beak held open, a sponge forceps was used to extract a string of 25 beads from the alimentary tract. Gentamicin and dexamethasone were given IM and recovery was uneventful.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003426:Crop, Avian; D004064:Digestive System; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010311:Parrots; D011563:Psittaciformes