The Association of Avian Veterinarians will hold its annual conference Oct 3-6, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr Echols will give hands-on labs, masterclasses and present new research data (much in collaboration with other veterinarians and researchers) while at the meeting. For more information, please go to: https://www.aav.org/mpage/2025conference.
Dr Echols will present different topics while at the VITA2025 conference June 7-8, 2025 at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr Echols is a Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine Distinguished Alumnus. For more information, please go to: https://vetmed.tamu.edu/vita/.
Avian Surgical Anatomy and Orthopedic Management, Second Edition Susan E Orosz, PhD, DVM, DABVP (Av), DECZM (Av) Scott Echols, DVM, DABVP (Av) Patrick T Redig, DVM, PhD Published 2023 The long awaited second edition of Avian Surgical Anatomy and Orthopedic Management is finally available after 10 years of research and writing. Dr Susan Orosz’s first…
Welt Vogel Park Whenever I find myself in a new place, I make it a point to learn about the local animals. Of course I have a strong bend towards avian species and am always curious if there is a bird park nearby. On a 2013 trip to attend a conference in Germany, I came…
Parrot Bytes- health topics related to pet parrots with Emily Strong of the Austin Parrot Society and Dr Scott Echols avian specialist veterinarian To request additional topics, please contact Emily Strong at frombeakstobarks@gmail.com Introduction Emily: In my ongoing search for nutrition information, I’m seeing a lot of fairly reckless blanket statements about the…
Update on Proventricular Dilatation Disease and Bornavirus Probably one of the most frightening and frustrating disease of parrot species is proventricular dilatation disease (or ‘PDD’). The disease goes by many names such as macaw wasting syndrome, myenteric ganglioneuritis, proventricular dilatation syndrome and more. The bottom line is that the disease is characterized by a specific inflammatory…
Expert Companion Bird Care Series: Volume III review Okay, so the choice was to fight the crowds on Black Friday or watch your DVD. The choice was easy. 🙂 Overall, I have to say this DVD was very well done! The information was well-balanced and useful. For the most part, the delivery by the authors…
3-19-13 Those who are following ‘Phoenix’ will be happy to know that the young eagle is doing well. His caretakers are waiting for Phoenix to moult and get a new set of feathers. Once Phoenix has a brand new set of feathers, to replace the burned ones, then flight training will begin. From there, we…
Parrot Nation Parrots are cool. They are also one hell of a lot of work… Avian Studios Latest DVD: A Review June 6, 2012 by Patricia Sund This is a review that’s wayyy overdue, but I’ve been overwhelmed lately due to my high altitude career and other issues and projects that have been crowding…
Expert Companion Bird Care Series III Author: Scott Echols, DVM, Dipl. ABVP & Brian L Speer, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, ECZM Reviewed by: Oreta M. Samples, RVT, MPH, DHSc 4 stars out of 5 The third in an “expert” series, this video steps slightly away from a purely veterinary medical association with companion birds and…