Animal science exam 3 module 10

First bird ancestor

Archaeopteryx

Birds and reptiles require what

vitamin d3 and excrete uric acid

Bird saying

you can’t pick a bird they have to pick you

Bird behaviors

• all have feather

• high body temp

• fast metabolism

• hide sickness until too late

• follow routine

Birds need

grit

Florivore

eat seeds, fruits, nuts, berries

Granivore

grains, seeds

Frugivore

Mostly fruit and flowers

Omnivore

seeds, fruits, insects, invertebrates

Nectarivore

• brush tongue

• nectar, pollen

• insects

Wild birds

spend hours foraing, birds need mental stimulus

Cage bird environment

• perches should vary in diamete so they can exercise/ flex feet

• no sandpaper- hurts feet

Birds can die

• strong smells, teflon pans, hairspray, perfume, cleaning supploes

Raising a companion bird

• Parent raised- imrpints on other birds

  • hard to bond

  • best for breeding

• hand raised - imprints on people

  • reduce disease

  • better behavior

Wild birds disease

Psittacosis - caused by chlamydia - zoonotic = parrot fever

chlamydiosis

Toucan

• need tanin chelate ( bind) iron

• drink decaffinated tea as water source for tanins

• bark has tanins too

Precocial

ducks, ratites, chickens

feathers and eat by themselves at brith

atricial

parrots, doves, finches

no feather and cannot eath themselves

Aviculturist

bird producer

hookbill

psittacine , hooked beak

strong

crush nut shell

60-70 % specialized pellet

smart

live 100+ years

imite human voices

learn tricks

easily bred in captivity

hardbill

passerine, triangle beak

Softbill

frugavore- eat fruit, prone to iron storage disease

need tanins

Wild fruit

high in fiber and protein, low in sugar

Casque

• blow air to communicate

growing poultry need

glycine and proline and PVT TIM HALL

Birds have higher

requirements for sulfur containing amino acids because of their feathers

Diseases of birds

malnutrition- consume what they want

obseity

vitmain a deficicency- seed diets have no vitamin A

iodine deficiency

Seed only diets

• high fat obesity

• shorten lifespan

• imbalance amino acids

• lack of vitamins

• lack of minerals

Vitamin D deficiency in birds

beak is not formed, metabolic bone diseases

Rubber chick

no vitamin d, glass blocks beta UV light in zoo

Supplement

• add right before feeding or will oxidize

Cuttle bone

• squid

• enrichment

• calcium source

Bad bird food

avocado, chocolate - theobromine

Gener dimorphic

female and male having different colors

Zebra finches

learn family song in 60 days after 30 days post- hatching

Carotenoids

color

Carotenoids

birght colors, yellow, red, orangle, green, blue

Adult sound to eggs

faster hatching