{"topic_id":"exotic_bird_nutrition_seed_diet_risks","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_bird_nutrition_seed_diet_risks\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Pet bird nutrition — risks of seed-based and selective diets (fat, calcium/vitamin A deficiency)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Pet bird nutrition — risks of seed-based and selective diets (fat, calcium/vitamin A deficiency)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 90\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand extracted text)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Pet bird nutrition — risks of seed-based and selective diets (fat, calcium/vitamin A deficiency)\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/birds/management-of-birds\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  doc_type: \"veterinary reference (professional version)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Pet bird nutrition — risks of seed-based and selective diets (fat, calcium/vitamin A deficiency)\n\nVerbatim first-hand facts extracted from the Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand saved source `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt`). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.\n\n## Verbatim nutrition facts (C1 substrings of source_file)\n> Before the availability of pelleted diets, most birds were fed a seed mix that was high in fat and deficient in calcium, vitamin A, and other nutrients.\n\n> The two most common reasons for malnutrition in companion birds are feeding of diets that allow the birds to choose what they want to eat (either mixtures of seeds/nut and pellets or table foods the owner considers healthy) and feeding of pure seed or seed-based diets.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt` (first-hand Merck Veterinary Manual text).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Before the availability of pelleted diets, most birds were fed a seed mix that was high in fat and deficient in calcium, vitamin A, and other nutrients.`\n- `The two most common reasons for malnutrition in companion birds are feeding of diets that allow the birds to choose what they want to eat (either mixtures of seeds/nut and pellets or table foods the owner considers healthy) and feeding of pure seed or seed-based diets.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Pet bird nutrition — risks of seed-based and selective diets (fat, calcium/vitamin A deficiency) (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Pet bird nutrition — risks of seed-based and selective diets (fat, calcium/vitamin A deficiency)","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/birds/management-of-birds","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand extracted text)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand extracted text)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt","tokens_estimated":90,"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."}