Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar

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Erciyes Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
Volume:16 Issue:1
Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar

Chocolate Intoxication in a Budgerigar

Pages : 73-77

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Publication Date : 2019-03-25

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Chocolate cause clinical symptoms in birds as other animals and is well known food toxin for animals. Toxic components of chocolate are theobromine and caffeine that are within methylxanthines. In this case report; male, four months old budgerigar with abnormal behaviour, hyperactivity, tremors, ataxia, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhoea referred to our clinic. According to anamnesis the budgerigar had no health problem up to last 12 hours. After that, the budgerigar ate cake containing chocolate about the size of hazelnut and also 15-20 sugar covered with cacao. After this complaints mentioned above started. In the clinical examination of the budgerigar; body temperature was 41.8oC, respiration rate was 65/minutes. In the Electrocardiography findings, pulsation was 235 beat/minutes, and ventricular arrhythmias was found. In treatment; activated carbon tablet (1-3 mg/kg) were applied to the bird in every 12 hours. Owner informed that the bird got to normal health 24 hours after the treatment. As a result; with this case report choco-late intoxication and treatment were mentioned in budgerigar.
Keywords : Chocolate toxication, budgerigar, cocoa, theobromine poisoning

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