references
in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 57(1), 50-52. Gartrell BD, Reid C. 2007. Death by chocolate: a fatal problem for an inquisitive wild parrot. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 55; 149-151. Alley MR, Hill AG. (2007). Intestinal adenocarcinoma and other agerelated diseases in a captive kea, Nestor notabilis. Kokako 14: Wildlife Society of NZVA. Alley MR, Gartrell BD, Morgan KJ. (2005). Staphylococcal ventriculitis and peritonitis in a kea, Nestor notabilis. Kokako 12: Wildlife Society of NZVA. Alley MR, Gartrell BD, Morgan KJ. (2004). Carcinoma of the large intestine in a captive kea, Nestor notabilis. Kokako 11: Wildlife Society of NZVA. Alley MR. (2002). Avian wildlife diseases in New Zealand: current issues and achievements. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 50(3 Supplement), 118-120. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2002.36287 Alley, MR. (2001). Lead poisoning in kea. Kokako 8: Wildlife Society of NZVA.
Recent conference proceedings involving kea
Gartrell BD, Hunter S. (2011). A review of the diagnosis and treatment of gunshot trauma in birds. Wildlife Disease Association – Australasian Section. 25-30 September 2011, Camp Coorong, Meningie, SA McLelland JM, Gartrell BD, Roe WD, Reid C and McInnes KM. 2008. Pathology of lead in kea and harriers. Annual conference of the New Zealand Society for Veterinary and Comparative Pathology. Palmerston North Convention Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 29-30 November. Gartrell BD. 2006 Psittacine circovirus in native and feral parrots in NZ. Joint Conference of the NZ Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia. Wellington, August 27-September 1. Geschke K, Gartrell BD. 2005. Chronic cystic pulmonary disease in a kea (Nestor notabilis). American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Omaha.
Post mortem X-ray of shot kea.
Captive kea treated for self-mutilated foot injury. Kea being X-rayed for ingested lead. All Photos: Brett Gartrell
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