Research Documents

• Neonatal Handling of Amazon Parrots Alters the Stress Response and Immune Function
• Evolutionary Biology. Dirty Eating for Healthy Living.
• Acute Pancreatitis in Parrots
• The Nutrition of the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
• Influence of Plant Age and Size on Simazine Toxicity and Uptake
• Adult Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) at Maintenance Are More Sensitive to Diets Containing Excess Vitamin A Than to Vitamin A-Deficient Diets
• Adult Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) Metabolically Adapt to High Protein Diets
• Nutrition of Birds in the Order Psittaciformes: A Review
• Thresholds for Sweet, Salt, and Sour Taste Stimuli on Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)
• Taste Threshold Determination and Side-Preference in Captive Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)
• Carotenoid Pigments and the Selectivity of Psittacofulvin-based Coloration Systems in Parrots.
• Formulated Diets Versus Seed Mixtures for Psittacines

Other Research

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Werquin GJ, De Cock KJ, Ghysels PG. Comparison of the nutrient analysis and caloric density of 30 commercial seed mixtures (in toto and dehulled) with 27 commercial diets for parrots. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2005 Apr-Jun;89(3-6):215-21.

Wolf P. Rabehl N. Kamphues J. Investigations on feathering, feather growth and potential influences of nutrient supply on feathers' regrowth in small pet birds (canaries, budgerigars and lovebirds). J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2003 Apr;87(3-4):134-41.

Wolf P, Kamphues J. Hand rearing of pet birds-feeds, techniques and recommendations. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2003 Apr;87(3-4):122-8.