Bibliographic record
Abstract
The third edition of Avian Medicine has changed substantially, compared with previous editions, and those changes make it a valuable addition to the reference library of any veterinarian who examines and treats birds.Detailed and concise descriptions and illustrations are provided for basic procedures such as blood film and cytologic evaluations, sample collection and storage, and nursing care.Surgical procedures are succinctly described with text and helpful images, as are many common diseases.This book is intended to provide pertinent information in a concise manner for busy practitioners.It is not a comprehensive guide for all subjects, and those interested in detailed information on species-specific anatomy, physiology, or disease will need to consult other reference sources.New to this edition are chapters on behavior and cognition, breeding and neonatal care, oiled bird management, and feather destructive behavior.The sections on analgesia and fluid therapy have been expanded and updated.Whereas the previous editions of the book tended to be primarily focused on raptor medicine with brief mention of other avian species, this edition appears to have a better balance of information among raptors and psittacine, passerine, and other avian species.The tables and appendices in particular have been updated and streamlined, making them much easier to consult, and they now include reference intervals for ECG, echocardiographic, and radiographic evaluations.Overall, this book will be a good reference for anyone interested in avian medicine regardless of experience level.From the detailed information on basic techniques to advanced fracture repair, this edition has something for everyone and is a welcome addition to this reviewer's bookshelf.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.008 | 0.004 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.493 | 0.441 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; the direct Gemma label and the distilled Codex classifier agree on what is shown here.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".