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the most healthy-looking bird can harbor hidden disease, and health
tests are the best way to find out how healthy your bird is. Some procedures
provide information about the animal's general condition; others are more specific.
It is important that your veterinarian evaluate all major aspects of your bird's
health. If the tests only examine the isolated problem, an underlying and possibly
more serious illness may be overlooked. Here's an idea of the tests your veterinarian
may order when you bring your bird in for a physical health test.
 Complete
Blood Count, or CBC: The test is divided into several parts, detailing the
activity of certain parts of the immune system and providing information on blood
conditions. Electrophoresis is a test, which checks the part of immune
system that measures particular proteins in blood and providing certain immune
responses.
Liver test: Liver is commonly involved in both infectious
and metabolic diseases. The AST and the bile test are two different
tests that are important for determination of infection the bird has. Besides
these two tests there are various other tests carried out in relation to liver
for knowing the accurate cause of diseases.
Kidneys test: Uric acid
test indirectly measures the function of a kidney. A urine analysis test is useful
to determine the diseases in early stages. Other technical analysis tests can
extract detailed analyses of test.
Blood calcium: Blood calcium levels
can reveal aspects of the bird's diet, vitamin status, husbandry and reproductive
status in females. Psittacosis, polyoma virus infection, and psittacine beak and
feather disease can be specifically tested for, in some cases through more
than one test.
While most of these tests are regular, they all share the same problem: neither
positive nor negative findings are 100 percent accurate. All findings must be
supported with appropriate clinical and laboratory data.
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