Radiographic evidence of atherosclerosis of the descending aorta in a grey-cheeked parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhopterus)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  Mans, Christoph ^a,b   Brown, Cynthia J ^a,c  

^a ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c RED BANK VETERINARY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic mineralization; Atherosclerosis; Avian; Brotogeris pyrrhopterus; Cholesterol; Congestive heart failure; Grey cheeked parakeet; Psittacine birds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART FAILURE; MALE; PARAKEET; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIRD DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART FAILURE; MALE; PARAKEETS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BROTOGERIS PYRRHOPTERUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 34248655442     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2007)21[56:REOAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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