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Grey Parrots: Imitation or Mimicry(2006)
Irene M. Pepperberg
The Measurement of Ionised Calcium in Grey Parrots (2005)
Michael Stanford BVSc MRCVS
Dr. Stanford's thesis for his MRCVS - The most significant, up-to-date calcium study in avian medicine.
Provision of Ultraviolet Lights for Captive African Grey Parrots
Michael Stanford BVSc MRCVS
Calcium Metabolism Disorders in Parrots
Michael Stanford BVSc MRCVS
Significance of Cholesterol Assays in the Investigation of Hepatic Lipidosis and Arthero Sclerosis in Psittacines Michael Stanford (PDF).
From I.C.E. 2005 proceedings
Twenty Years of Progress in Pet Bird Nutrition
 Greg J. Harrison - From J.A.V.M.A. 1998 article
Effects of Dietary Change on Faecal Gram Stains in the Grey Parrot
 Michael Stanford BVSc MRCVS
Using and Interpreting the Faecal Gram Stain
Calcium Metabolism in Psittacine Birds: the Effects of Husbandry.
 Michael Stanford BVSc MRCVS
Measurement of Ionised Calcium in Captive Grey Parrots
 This work was published in the Veterinary Record and was presented to the European Association of Avian Veterinarians at Tenerife Spain 2003
FIG 1: Ionised Calcium Concentrations
FIG 2: Total Calcium Levels
FIG 3: Correlation between Albumin and Total Calcium Concentrations
FIG 4: Effect of Sample Handling Delay


Measurement of 25- hydroxycholecalciferol in Captive Grey Parrots
 Michael Stanford
Relationship of Total Plasma Calcium to Albumin in the African Grey Parrot.
Michael Stanford
Health and nutrition status of wild Australian psittacines: an evaluation of plasma and hepatic minerals and blood biochemistry
 Susan Jaensch, Greg, J. Harrison, Stacey Gelis, David Brennan, Phil Sackes, Domenico Bernardo and Debra MacDonald
The Significance of Serum Ionized Calcium and 25-Hydroxy-Cholecalceferol (Vitamin D3) Assays in African Grey Parrots
 Michael Stanford (PDF).
From I.C.E. 2003 Proceedings

Calcium Metabolism in Grey Parrots: The Effects of Husbandry
 Michael Stanford

The Magic of Parrot Breeding...
 John Stoodley (HTML)

2008 HBD International