Avian Examination

General Information
• Name:
• Species:
• Age:
• Sex:
Visual Examination
• Bird presented in (circle): Cage or carrier Not presented in cage or carrier
Bird is fully flighted
• Attitude (circle): Somnolent Depressed Quiet Friendly
Fearful Aggressive
• Posture: Normal (Nml) □
• Respiration at rest: Nml □
• Plumage: Full, good color/condition Poor color/condition
Partial, with evidence of feather destructive behavior or abnormal loss
Physical Examination
• Body Weight
• Oropharynx: Nml □
o Choanal slit:
o Tongue:
o Glottis:
• Nares: Nml □Right: Left:
• Eyes: Nml □ Right: Left:
o Conjunctiva:
o Eyelids
o Cornea:
o Lens:
o Fundus:
• Crop: Nml □ Neck:
• Pectoral musculature:
• Coelom: Nml □
• Vent: Nml □
• Wings: Nml □
• Legs: Nml □
• Feet: Nml □
• Nails: Nml □
• Skin: Nml □
• Beak: Nml □ Overgrown □ describe:
Excess keratin □
• Auscultation: NSF □
• Comments:

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