SOMMAIRE : 1 Species and natural history / Brian H. Coles 1 2 Anatomy and physiology / Nigel H. Harcourt-Brown 7 3 Husbandry / Alan K. Jones 22 4 Handling / J. R. Best 31 5 The initial presentation : triage and critical care / Aidan Raftery 35 6 Basic techniques / John Chitty 50 7 Clinical pathology and necropsy / Gerry M. Dorrestein, Martine de Wit 60 8 Anaesthesia and analgesia / Thomas M. Edling 87 9 Diagnostic imaging / Nigel H. Harcourt-Brown 97 10 Soft tissue surgery / Neil A. Forbes 107 11 Orthopaedic and beak surgery / Nigel H. Harcourt-Brown 120 12 Nutrition and nutritional disease / Michael Stanford 136 13 Systemic infectious disease / Michael Lierz 155 14 Respiratory disease / Simon J. Girling 170 15 Gastrointestinal disease / Deborah Monks 180 16 Feather and skin disorders / John Chitty 191 17 Behaviour and behavioural disorders / Kenneth R. Welle 205 18 Reproduction and paediatrics / April Romagnano 222 19 Neurology and ophthalmology / Thomas N. Tully, Jr. 234 20 Systemic non-infectious disease / Alistair Lawrie 245 21 The sick small psittacid / Ron Rees Davies 266 22 Zoonotic, legal and ethical aspects / Peter Scott 280 App. 1 Clinical approaches for some common presentations 294 App. 2 The cage floor : in sickness and health 300 App. 3 Formulary 303