{"id":127696,"date":"2022-05-06T13:21:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/?p=127696"},"modified":"2022-05-06T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:21:09","slug":"how-this-couple-treats-their-dyh-amazon-parrots-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=127696","title":{"rendered":"How This Couple Treats Their DYH Amazon Parrots Heart Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Patricia McP relates<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">My 38 year old DYH Amazon just had an echocardiogram done by Dr. Fitzgerald, an avian cardiologist specialist. It was a beneficial exam that helped us adjust Pancho\u2019s meds. Pancho has the typical Amazon heart disease, but it doesn\u2019t mean the end if you take special care and take advantage of all the modern technology available.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi Patricia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">There is no typical &#8220;typical Amazon heart disease&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Cardiac disease has been associated with atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Is your bird lethargic, displaying weakness or lethargy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Was any of the following included in the exam?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">A CBC<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">A biochemistry profile<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAvY89xMFUs\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Hematology and biochemistry values are not always helpful in diagnosing cardiovascular disease, although myocardial disease may cause increases in concentrations of AST, CK, and LDH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">So here are some thoughts Patricia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">A paragraph of one of very few papers one can find on avian cardiac medicine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">THERAPY<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Concerning therapy of cardiac disease, the state of scientific knowledge is far below mammal medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">There are only a few scientific studies about the use of heart drugs in birds, and for newer drugs, only a few case reports exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The principles of cardiac therapy in birds follow the principles in mammal medicine, although some important points need to be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">First, avian cardiac cases are mostly high-grade alterations because the changes are normally first diagnosed in the stadium of decompensation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Normally there are serious accompanying problems, such as weakness, emaciation, ascites, and high-grade circulatory disturbances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Second, due to the high performance of the avian heart, the consequences of cardiac insufficiency are often more dramatic than in dogs or cats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Third, it has to be expected that the effects and side effects of drugs depend on the bird\u2019s species because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetfolio.com\/learn\/article\/heart-diseases-in-birds-diagnostic-and-therapeutic-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">class Aves is very heterogeneous and there are many differences between the species<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">No one is manufacturing cardiac drugs for parrots, there is no large need for them.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Thus all the meds are designed for humans having an average heart rate of 80 BPM whereas a parrot&#8217;s heart is beating at 200 BPM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">An adult human heart weighs around 250-350 g roughly the weight of your bird.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">There are three things that will help you control<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">1) Weigh your bird once a month &#8211; any noticeable swings one way or the other should trigger a trip to the vet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Just like humans birds have to eat right, pellet diets are ideal but not intuitive so food blends like Higgins which contain seeds, fruit, nuts, and pellets can be accepted because of the many textures.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) As much as resign ourselves to a fitness habit in January the gyms start thining out in March.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Birds get fatty liver and heart disease for the same reasons humans do.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A healthy bird is a bird that climbs and flies all day ~ it&#8217;s something we encourage with our flock.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/1614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This exercise post with videos for pet birds will help<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Best of luck<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">MitchR<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Thanks, Mitch\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"> Pancho has been on Isoxsuprine and Enalapril for 5 years! She gets checkups with blood work every 6 months. With the guidance of my Avian Accredited Veterinarian, she is doing better than expected. She is 40 yrs old and due to a broken wing and arthritis, she has limited exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But she eats healthy now with Tropican Alternative Formula and various vegetables and quinoa.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia McP relates &nbsp; My 38 year old DYH Amazon just had an echocardiogram done by Dr. Fitzgerald, an avian cardiologist specialist. It was a beneficial exam that helped us adjust Pancho\u2019s meds. 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