A Look at the Future of Aviculture and Avian Medical Management

Abstract

As aviculture settles into a new year and begins to approach the end of another decade, an evaluation of our accomplishments and our current status in the United States with relation to the global community of aviculturists is in order.

The past quarter century of avicultural experience, often as a result of trial and error, has produced tremendous gains in the understanding of the behavior and physiology of aviary birds. During this period, a quiet evolution has occurred in non-domestic avian husbandry. This process has occurred independently, through the efforts of a vast number of people who, in most cases, have worked alone, due to the lack of knowledge and governmental support as well as limited technology. A review of this information reveals some surprising...
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