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Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 16 Sayı: 1, 73 - 77, 25.03.2019
https://doi.org/10.32707/ercivet.537990

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Chocolate cause clinical symptoms in birds as other animals and is well known food toxin for animals. Toxic components of chocolate are theobromine and caffeine that are within methylxanthines. In this case report; male, four months old budgerigar with abnormal behaviour, hyperactivity, tremors, ataxia, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhoea referred to our clinic. According to anamnesis the budgerigar had no health problem up to last 12 hours. After that, the budgerigar ate cake containing chocolate about the size of hazelnut and also 15-20 sugar covered with cacao. After this complaints mentioned above started. In the clinical examination of the budgerigar; body temperature was 41.8oC, respiration rate was 65/minutes. In the Electrocardiography findings, pulsation was 235 beat/minutes, and ventricular arrhythmias was found. In treatment; activated carbon tablet (1-3 mg/kg) were applied to the bird in every 12 hours. Owner informed that the bird got to normal health 24 hours after the treatment. As a result; with this case report choco-late intoxication and treatment were mentioned in budgerigar.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Bölüm Olgu Sunumu
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Kemal Varol 0000-0002-3057-2865

Yayımlanma Tarihi 25 Mart 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi 11 Nisan 2017
Kabul Tarihi 27 Şubat 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2019 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA Varol, K. (2019). Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar. Erciyes Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 16(1), 73-77. https://doi.org/10.32707/ercivet.537990
AMA Varol K. Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar. Erciyes Üniv Vet Fak Derg. Mart 2019;16(1):73-77. doi:10.32707/ercivet.537990
Chicago Varol, Kemal. “Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 16, sy. 1 (Mart 2019): 73-77. https://doi.org/10.32707/ercivet.537990.
EndNote Varol K (01 Mart 2019) Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar. Erciyes Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 16 1 73–77.
IEEE K. Varol, “Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar”, Erciyes Üniv Vet Fak Derg, c. 16, sy. 1, ss. 73–77, 2019, doi: 10.32707/ercivet.537990.
ISNAD Varol, Kemal. “Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 16/1 (Mart 2019), 73-77. https://doi.org/10.32707/ercivet.537990.
JAMA Varol K. Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar. Erciyes Üniv Vet Fak Derg. 2019;16:73–77.
MLA Varol, Kemal. “Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 16, sy. 1, 2019, ss. 73-77, doi:10.32707/ercivet.537990.
Vancouver Varol K. Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar. Erciyes Üniv Vet Fak Derg. 2019;16(1):73-7.