A survey of causes of mortality in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Baker, J.R.
Veterinary Record 106(1): 10-12
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 7355554 Document Number: 158022
From 257 post mortem examinations of budgerigars, the commonest disease was neoplasia, principally of the gonads, kidneys and fat. Hepatitis and focal hepatic necrosis, thyroid dysplasias and septicaemias were also common. A great variety of other disease processes occurred; each affected only a few birds.
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