title: [Polyostotic hyperostosis in a plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala L., 1766].
abstract: With emphasis on a case report, the clinical and pathological findings commonly associated with polyostotic hyperostosis as well as its etiology are discussed, and the available literature is reviewed. The diagnostic specifics of the disease are detailed, and a survey of possible differential diagnoses is given.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geflügelkrankheiten, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Kostka
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Krautwald-Junghanns
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010240:Parakeets; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Polyostotische Hyperostose bei einem Pflaumenkopfsittich (Psittacula cyanocephala L., 1766).