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Interview series: Working with birds - Annemieke Kregting
Bird Health Bird Rehabilitation Working with birds
Tune in, because every month we are going to be interviewing bird rehabilitators from all over New Zealand!
This week, veterinary nurse and rehabilitator extraordinaire, Annemieke Kregting, founder of Kuaotunu Bird Rescue.
Bird rehabilitation - Essential tools of the trade. Part 1
If you work in rehabilitation you will know that everyday is different. I have compiled a list of my go to supplies that have helped me out in almost every situation.
Lead poisoning in birds
Bird Health Bird Rehabilitation Heavy Metal Poisoning
Backyard chickens can be exposed to a multitude of different hazards when they are free ranging. Lead has been a common problem in these flocks causing detrimental effects to the health of these birds but also with the transfer of these heavy metals to the eggs that humans may eat. Lead causes issues when ingested by being highly dense, not readily oxidized and acting as a neurotoxic agent. As such the metal does not breakdown in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract and can be slowly absorbed into the bloodstream. There can be a variety of presentations depending...
The Controversy of Colloidal Silver
Bird Health Colloidal Silver Wound Healing
Silver has been known to have good anti-bacterial properties for centuries and is used in many types of wound dressings as well as other medical tools and equipment. Many household appliances and cleaning products use silver for its anti-bacterial properties. Ionic silver salt (ie. Ag+) is the most common form used, while silver nanoparticles (AgNP) consist of atomic silver (Ag0) that oxidise to silver oxide (Ag+) but this process can be altered by the chemical composition of the wound environment and lighting conditions.
Interview series: Working with birds - Marleen Verhoeven
Bird Health Bird Rehabilitation Working with birds
Tune in, because every month we are going to be interviewing bird rehabilitators from all over New Zealand!
This week, the multi-talented psychologist and bird rehabilitator Marleen Verhoeven from Hunua Bird Life.