Diagnostic radiology of pet and wild birds: a review II. Indications of radiological examination and radiographs of pathological lesions

The second part of the review dealing with the diagnostic radiology of pet and wild birds discusses the indications of radiological examinaton, the interpretation of radiographs taken of pathological lesions, and the differential diagnosis of such lesions. Radiology has paramount importance in the diagnosis of diseases of affecting skeletal, digestive, respiratory, urogenital and cardiovascular systems. Certain diseases (shortage of grits, ovarian cysts) cannot be recognised without radiography. Other conditions (e. g. Macaw Wasting Disease, renal tumours, egg retention) require this complementary diagnostic method for confirmation of a suspicion based upon the clinical signs