{"topic_id":"exotic_bird_obesity","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_bird_obesity\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Pet bird obesity — seed-diet lipidosis and related disease\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Pet bird obesity — seed-diet lipidosis and related disease\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_bird_management.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Pet bird obesity — seed-diet lipidosis and related disease\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Pet bird obesity — seed-diet lipidosis and related disease\nVerbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.\n## Obesity\n- Severely obese birds may deposit fat over the neck, thighs, and abdominal cavity.\n- Respiratory rate should be monitored throughout the examination; respirations may increase with hyperthermia, stress, or obesity.\n- Increased levels of both triglycerides and cholesterol have been reported in birds fed a high-fat diet.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Pet bird obesity — seed-diet lipidosis and related disease (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Pet bird obesity — seed-diet lipidosis and related disease","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals","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":205,"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."}