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Gouldian Health Book
By Dr Rob Marshall
Table Of Contents
Introduction
- Introduction
- Finches in their Natural Environment
- Feeding Options
- Classification of Finches
- Pathways to Breeding Success
Chapter 1- The Gouldian in Nature
- Introduction
- The Gouldian in Nature
- Breeding in Nature
- Moult in Nature
Chapter 2 - The Captive Gouldian
- Introduction
- Moult in Captivity
- Behaviour in Captivity
- Normal versus Mutation Gouldian
- Mutation Gouldian
- Problems of Mutation Gouldian
- Polyomavirus & Mutation Problems
- The Importance of Breeding Condition
- Housing & Breeding Systems
- Artificial Lighting and Heating
- Temperature & Humidity Control
- Running Eggs and Foster Parents
- Feeding Behaviour of Gouldians
- Critical Times for Gouldian Health
- Critical Times for Nestlings
- Critical times for Juveniles
- Critical times for Mature Birds
- Susceptibility to Cold & Wet Conditions
- Nestlings - Susceptibility to Cold/ Wet Conditions.
- Juveniles - Susceptibility to Cold/ Wet Conditions.
- Breeding Birds - Susceptibility to the Cold.
- Disease Susceptibility
- Identifying Weak Individuals
- Golden Rules for Breeding
Chapter 3 - Gouldian Health & Happiness
- Introduction
- Essentials of Gouldian Happiness
- Health Principles
- Clean food
- Soaked Seed Preparation Technique
- Balanced Nutrition
- Nutritional Issues for Breeding
- Energy for Breeding
- Protein for Breeding
- Soft Foods, Energy & Protein for Breeding
- Soft Foods & Energy for Breeding
- Soaked Seed and Soft Foods Options
- Soft Foods & Seed Recipes for Breeding
- Vitamins for Breeding
- Minerals & Trace elements for Breeding .
- Clean Water & Water Cleansers
- Moisture problems
Chapter 4 - Programmes for Gouldians
Breeding Programme
- Programme in chart form
- Alan Simpson’s Soft Food Recipes
- Nutritional Aspects of Breeding
- Disease Prevention during Breeding
moult Programme
- Introduction
- Moult & Health
- Juvenile Moult Patterns
- Relationship between moult and breeding
- Nutrition during Moult & Breeding
- Delayed Moult, Airsac Mite & Disease
- Moult Programme
Juvenile Health
- Introduction
- Information on Juvenile Health
- Overcrowding & Juvenile Health
- Health Programme for Juveniles
- Disease Prevention For Juveniles
Chapter 5 - Water Cleansers
- Introduction
- KD versus Megamix
- KD Powder
- KD for Juveniles and Breeding Finches
- KD & Health Programmes
- KD Frequency: One or Two days each Week
- KD at the First Sign of Disease
- Megamix
- Megamix during Wet Weather
- Megamix at first sign of disease
- Megamix Cocktails
- Doxycycline-Megamix Cocktail
- Vitamin-Megamix Cocktail
- Ioford-Megamix Cocktail
- Sulfa-Avs - Megamix Cocktail
Chapter 6 - Emergency First Aid
- Introduction
- Emergency Procedures
- Hospital Cage Preparation
- Quik Gel & Emergency First Aid Treatment
Chapter 7 - Mixed Finch Collection Information
- Introduction
- Classification of Grass Finches
- Breeding & the moult
- Avoiding Breeding Problems
- Compatibility
- Individual Finch Species Description
- Australian Finches - temperate
- Foreign Finches - temperate
- Australian Finches - tropical
- Foreign Finches - Tropical
- Lists of Difficulties or ease of breeding Different Finch species
- Easy-to-Breed Foreign Finches
- Easy-to-Breed Finches
- Hardy Finches
- Cold Sensitive Finches
- Wet Sensitive Finches
- Wet Resistant Finches
- Potentially Aggressive Finches
- Difficult-to-Breed Australian Finches
- Compatible Finches
- Species Best Housed on their Own
- Species Best Housed as Single Pairs
- Opportunistic-type Finches
- Introduction
- Opportunistic Australian Finches
- Opportunistic Foreign Finches
- Health Issues
- Danger Months
- Health, moult & breeding
- Advantages of allocating time for the Moult.
- DR Rob marshall’s Health Programme
Chapter 8 - Medicine Choice Based on Symptoms
- Introduction
- Medicine Choice List
- Emergency First Aid Instructions
- Emergency Procedure for Gouldian Finches
- Medicine Choice based on Symptoms
Chapter 9 - Medicine & Diseases Description
- Aspergillosis & Moulding Disease
- Aspergillosis = Inhaled Form
- Moulding Disease = Ingested Form
- in Gouldian & Zebra finches & their Mutations
- Symptoms and Treatment
- & Fungilin
- Testing Food Quality
- Self Diagnosis
- Prevention strategy using Pep
- Baytril
- - Specific Uses
- & Salmonella infections
- & Salmonella Infections in Gouldian Finches
- & Yersinia Infections
- Carlox
- Coccidiosis
- Symptoms of Coccidiosis
- Sulfa-AVS & Treatment of Coccidiosis outbreak
- Sulfa-AVS & Treatment of Individual sick birds
- Carlox & Coccidiosis Prevention
- New Birds
- Resident Birds
- Susceptible Species
- Doxycycline/Megamix & Ornithosis
- Treatment instructions
- Symptoms of Ornithosis
- Doxycycline Treatment Trial for Gouldian Finches
- Positive & Negative Signs
- Ornithosis & Gouldian Colour Mutations
- Doxycycline for Finches housed Outdoors
- Cleansing Programme using Doxycycline during winter months
- Side Effects of Doxycycline
- Erythromycin & Campylobacter infections
- For Campylobacter infections
- Symptoms of Campylobacter Infections
- Treatment OF campylobacyter Infections
- in Gouldian Finches
- In other Finches
- Megabacteria & Going-Light & Fungilin (Amphotericin)
- "Going Light" Megabacteria
- Megabacteria (AGY)Infection
- The Symptoms of Megabacteria
- Megabacteria (AGY) Treatment
- Megabacteria (AGY) Prevention
- Moxi-T & Strep/Staph Infections
- Streptococcus in Gouldians
- Possible Causes
- Symptoms Housed Indoors
- Symptoms Housed Outdoors
- Moxi-T treatments
- Moxi-T for Gouldians
- housed Indoors
- housed Outdoors
- treatment instructions
- Prevention & Control of Strep. Infections
- Sulfa-AVS
- For E.coli Infections
- in Gouldian finches
- in Individual sick birds
- in outdoor aviaries
- during wet weather
- For Coccidiosis
- For wet nest – “sweating disease”
- In Cocktails
- Sulfa-AVS & Megamix
- Sulfa-AVS & Triple-X
- Thrush (Candida) Infections
- Diagnosis of Thrush
- Causes of Thrush
- Thrush and Stress
- Thrush in Gouldians
- Thrush and Other Diseases
- Thrush and Aviary Design
- Thrush and Hygiene
- Thrush and Nutrition
- Thrush and Gouldian
- Treatments
- Secondary thrush
- Turbosole
- Cochlosoma, Canker & Giardia Infections
- Cochlosoma in Gouldian Finches
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Canker (Trichomoniasis) in Finches
Chapter 10 - Medicine & Diseases Description
- Airsac Mites, Red Mites, Lice & worms
- Introduction
- Mite Infestation
- Treatments for
- S76
- As An immune Stimulant
- For Juvenile Gouldian
- Combination Treatments
- GT-Wormer
Chapter 11 - Health Product Information
- Vitamins & Trace Elements
- Vitamins & Carbo-Energy Supplements
- E-powder
- QuikGel
- NV Powder
- Vitamins & Oil- Energy & protein Supplement
- Vitamins & Minerals
Copyright © 2009 Rob Marshall, All Rights Reserved.
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