title: Avian skin diseases.
abstract: Avian dermatology is an important part of avian practice. Feather plucking, or self-mutilation, is one of the most common and challenging syndromes seen in avian practices, yet our understanding of it has developed piecemeal. Psittacine circovirus, which causes psittacine beak and feather disease, can devastate breeding programs and cause masked distress to new bird owners and their young birds. Cutaneous neoplasms are increasing in incidence as veterinarians are seeing more older bird patients.
authors.affiliation: Canley Heights Veterinary Clinic, Canley Heights, Australia.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001502:Beak; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001717:Birds; D005241:Feathers; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*