A guide to basic health and disease in birds.

South Tweed Heads: ABK Publications, (2002 revised edition).
Octavo, paperback, 112 pp. colour photographs.

The contents include information on a variety of topics of interest to the aviculturist - Why do birds get sick?, signs of illness, how to do a physical examination, how to make a visit to the Veterinarian more successful, first aid, how to set up a quarantine program, medicating birds, bird restraint, common problems, infectious diseases, exotic diseases, non-infectious diseases, list of common diseases according to the species, post-mortem examination for the aviculturist, antibiotics in aviculture, avian parasite control, Psittacosis, and disinfection.