{"topic_id":"exotic_bird_nutrition","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_bird_nutrition\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Pet bird nutrition — formulated/pelleted diets reduce selective-eating nutrient gaps vs seed mixes\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Pet bird nutrition — formulated/pelleted diets reduce selective-eating nutrient gaps vs seed mixes\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Pet bird nutrition — formulated/pelleted diets reduce selective-eating nutrient gaps vs seed mixes\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/pet-birds/management-of-pet-birds\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n# Pet bird nutrition\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> The availability of formulated diets and hand-feeding formulas has been pivotal in improving avian nutrition\n> Feeding a mixture of pellets and seeds is also common, resulting in selective eating and consequently inadequate nutrient consumption.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `The availability of formulated diets and hand-feeding formulas has been pivotal in improving avian nutrition`\n- `Feeding a mixture of pellets and seeds is also common, resulting in selective eating and consequently inadequate nutrient consumption.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Pet bird nutrition — formulated/pelleted diets reduce selective-eating nutrient gaps vs seed mixes (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Pet bird nutrition — formulated/pelleted diets reduce selective-eating nutrient gaps vs seed mixes","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/pet-birds/management-of-pet-birds","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}