Shachar Malka, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice)

Shachar Malka is the medical director of Long Island Bird & Exotics Veterinary Clinic. He has more than 20 years of experience working with birds, exotic species, and wildlife. After earning his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dr. Malka completed an internship at the University of Guelph, Canada and a 3-year residency program at the University of California at Davis in avian and exotic pet medicine and surgery. Dr. Malka’s professional interests include advanced anesthesia, minimally invasive surgery, such as endoscopic surgery, and advanced imaging…

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The Importance of Next-Generation Sequencing in Avian Veterinary Medicine

Effective treatment of diseases requires accurate diagnose, and infectious diseases in avian medicine present special diagnostic challenges. Molecular diagnostic tools, such as DNA sequencing, are available to aid the urgent medical need to detect and identify all culprits that cause infections. Next-generation DNA sequencing offers the ability to diagnose infections using microbial DNA as the analyte, thus bypassing culture testing along with its deficiencies. This article briefly explains this useful laboratory technique as well as its applications in avian medicine…