Digest on the Diseases of Birds

by Robert Stroud

Book Overview

A comprehensive book for the layman on treating bird diseases. Arranged alphabetically with descriptions of diseases, symptoms, treatment. Line drawings. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876664354
• ISBN13: 9780876664353
• Release Date: January 1964
• Publisher: T. F. H. Pub.
• Length: 483 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good book

Great book considering I want to be a vet in the future, its very helpful and useful.

Wild Bird Rescue

We rescue an average of 1000 birds a year and we owe a lot of our success to Robert Stroud. We use all his methods and we average about a 12 percent loss in our birds. He is our mentor and we have proven his methods work. The national rate for losses in wild birds is 33 percent we have averaged out to 12 percent. If you don't buy and then use Stroud's methods you will loose out.

Practical knowlege for all bird fanciers

As a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine I have found this book of both practical and historical interest. It is still considered a standard work of the diagnosis and treatment of Avian diseases. A modern bird breeder would not be at fault in following Mr. Stroud's advice. While browsing the library of a retired colleague, I found what I believe to be a first edition of Stroudt's Digest. Can anyone tell me how to confirm this? The edition I have bears the copyright date of 1943, the dedication and forward are dated 1939. Was there a printing between 1939 and 1943?

Not just for entertainment

Mr. Stroud spent, according to the publisher's notes, 54 years in solitary confinement--All of it devoted to the study of how to identify and cure the diseases of birds. This book although written many years ago, is still a comprehensive study of the diseases, injuries, ailments and conditions of birds. There are few vetinarians who have studied bird ailments so intensively, or can give such detailed and practical information on how to identify what is wrong with them. I suspect the modern state of avian medicine owes a great debt to the work of Mr. Stroud. The text is clear and even when technical, explains the condition, symptoms, cause or suspected causes and known or possible treatments in practical terms. Mr. Stroud's book was written when there were few avian veterinarians available to help bird breeders and owners. That problem persists to this day. The information provided covers the entire range, from the mundane to the exotic. I would not be surprized to learn that Mr. Stroud's techniques, discoveries and research are the backbone of all modern avian medicine and avian veterinary curriculum. The book also provides detailed vitamin requirement analysis and food sources as well as descriptions of vitamin deficiency ailments. It is amazing that so much information is packed into one book. I have seen nothing in any owner handbooks that I did not find in Mr. Stroud's book with more detail and clarity. As any bird owner who has had a sick bird knows, birds can progress from barely noticable illness to death while searching for a vet who knows anything about avian medicine at all. Mr. Stroud's book should be perused by all bird owners. And if one proceeds with caution regarding the suggested medications of Mr. Stroud which may be outdated or have better alternatives available in this modern day, this book can still provide health giving and life-saving information that one can apply while one is waiting for the vet to call back.

Birdman of Alcatraz

This is the book written by the famous "Birdman of Alcatraz", a convicted 2-time murderer in Alcatraz who kept pet birds and treated their injurries. This is a large and elaborate book on bird diseases. It looks quite technical, but I am not a veterinarian and cannot offer any comments on its technical validity. The book is an absolute classic and a must-have for any collection of bird books. Stroud has been dead since 1963, so I see no reason to hesitate to buy the book just because the author was a murderer.