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The following is an incomplete list of services and procedures offered by the Zoological Medicine Service for bird owners:

General Medicine

• Wellness examination/health examination (recommended once to twice per year)
• Pediatric examinations
• Feather picking/plucking
• Egg binding
• Leg band removal
• Laceration repair
• DNA sexing via blood sample
• Bandaging and wound management
• Polyoma vaccination
• Husbandry consultations
• Microchip implantation (AVID)

Surgery

• Surgical sexing via endoscopy
• Salpingectomy (spay)
• Orthopedic procedures
• Egg binding
• Endoscopy
• Amputations
• Biopsy
• Ingluviotomy
• Enucleation
• Reconstructive surgery

Advanced Imaging

• Digital radiography (x-rays)
• Fluoroscopy
• CT scan
• Ultrasound

Specialized Equipment and Services

• Radiosurgery unit
• Microsurgery techniques
• Rigid and flexible endoscopy
• Nebulization
• Temperature-controlled housing
• Oxygen cage
• Multi-parameter anesthesia monitoring 

Diagnostic Testing

• Complete blood count (CBC)
• Chemistry panel
• Parasitology
• Bacterial culture and sensitivity
• Fungal culture
• Avian chlamydiosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)
• Psittacine Beak and Feather disease
• Avian aspergillosis
• West Nile virus
• Cytology
• Fluid analysis
• Histopathology
• Necropsy 

Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinics
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Skip Bertman Drive • Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Hospital Administration Telephone: 225-578-9592 • Fax: 225-578-9559 • E-mail: svmweb@vetmed.lsu.edu

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