Clinical and laboratory practice for canaries and true finches.
The canary (Serinus canaria) is a highly popular bird with families as a companion animal and among breeders for competitive purposes. The mortality rate in these animals is very high at the onset of an epidemic, and the technical times of a laboratory often necessitate starting treatment before having completed the diagnostic procedure. This article describes a practical approach that deals with the first things to do in the clinic as soon as the animal arrives or the breeder asks for advice and explains the procedure in a specialist laboratory for processing samples and completing the diagnosis.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padua, Italy. diegocattarossi@gmail.com
Diego
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Cattarossi
Erika
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Azzara
Salvatore
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Catania
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002171:Canaries; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D046369:Finches