Body Condition Scoring in Birds

Body condition scoring or BCS is a useful tool for assessment of a patient’s general health status and evaluation of a patient’s food supply. The BCS system described below is based on scores between 1 and 5, with 1 being emaciated and 5 being obese for the “generic” bird. Currently there is no universally agreed upon BCS system for the avian patient due to . . .


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Pollock C. Body condition scoring in birds. October 6, 2012. LafeberVet Web site. Available at https://lafeber.com/vet/body-condition-scoring/