title: Avian Oncology: Diseases, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics.
abstract: Companion birds are increasingly living longer due to improved husbandry, nutrition, and veterinary care. As a consequence, a growing number of geriatric disease conditions are diagnosed and managed by veterinarians. Awareness of bird owners of diagnostic and treatment options for neoplastic diseases in humans and domestic animals has led to increasing demand to provide advanced diagnostic and treatment modalities for companion birds diagnosed with neoplasia. Treatment remains challenging in many companion birds due to the lack of information regarding prognosis and efficacy of antineoplastic treatments in these species. There is no established standard of care for most tumors in companion birds.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Emergency Service, Veterinary Specialty Center, 1612 North High Point Road, Middleton, WI 53562, USA. Electronic address: ceciliarobat@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Cecilia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Robat
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Building 89, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ammersbach
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: christoph.mans@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mans
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D001717:Birds; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Bird; Cancer; Neoplasia; Neoplastic; Psittacine; Tumor