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PROGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF THE PROVENTRICULUS: KEEL RATIO FOR SHORT-TERM SURVIVAL IN PSITTACINES WITH PROVENTRICULAR DISEASE |
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| Authors: | SOPHIE E. DENNISON WILLIAM M. ADAMS PHILIPPA J. JOHNSON BRIAN S. YANDELL JOANNE R. PAUL-MURPHY |
| Affiliation: | Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706,;Department of Statistics and the Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, and;School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706;Great Western Referrals, Unit 10 County Park, Shrivenham Road, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 2NT, UK. |
| Abstract: | The proventriculus:keel ratio was evaluated as a prognostic indicator for short-term survival in parrots with proventricular disease. Measurements were made from right lateral radiographs of 41 parrots with proventricular disease. Results were compared with the previously described abnormal proventriculus:keel ratio range and to short-term clinical outcome at 1-month postdiagnosis. The ratio in all parrots was >0.52, and 39% of parrots succumbed to their disease within 1 month of diagnosis. There was no significant association between the proventriculus:keel ratio and survival duration ( P =0.9). The proventriculus:keel ratio is a sensitive indicator of proventricular disease in parrots but is insensitive as a prognostic indicator. |
| Keywords: | ileus neuropathic gastric dilatation parrot proventriculitis radiography |