Beak and Feather Disease

By Bird Vet Melbourne | April 25, 2023 |
Beak and Feather Disease

Avian Vet Treatment for Beak and Feather Disease Circovirus / Psittacine (PBFD) is a tiny virus that can cause devastating disease, including damage to feathers, beaks and the immune system, especially in cockatoos and parrots, where it is called Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD). Strains of the virus can also cause disease in canaries,…

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Caring For Cockatoos

By Bird Vet Melbourne | April 25, 2023 |
Sulphur Crested Cockatoos

General Cockatoo Information Based on DNA evidence, Psittaciformes (cockatoos and parrots), falcons and passerines (perching birds) were the last groups  to  split off from the modern birds trunk, the Neoaves, an event which most likely happened in Gondwana around 65 mya. The Psittaciformes fall between the Falconidae and the suboscine passerines, which include pittas and…

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