Gavage feeding is commonly indicated for anorectic animals or for oral dosing of medications and compounds. This column describes the proper technique for tube feeding in the psittacine bird.

If you want to attract more flying friends into your garden, you need to know what not to feed wild birds. It's a common misconception that you can give them food like bread or chips, but it turns ...

In fact, the term is French for "fat liver." The birds' livers are engorged by the process of gavage, a fancy word for ...

Pile in the lard without feeling guilty! Most of our native garden birds will benefit from tucking into a nutty, seedy lard-cake. There are plenty of recipes to choose from, all of which use ...

Scientists are warning of the risks of wild birds spreading diseases when they gather at feeders in gardens. Experts led by Zoological Society of London say people should continue to feed birds ...

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The marsh tit population could be suffering, in part, because competitor species are being "boosted" by feeding The regular feathered visitors to the bird feeders I hang in a particularly lovely ...

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In most situations, the breastfed NICU patient will need to be given oral feedings by bottle in instances when the mother is unable to be present and gavage feeding is no longer the appropriate ...

This is the second piece about the bird feeding season that just got underway. Right now, my feeders are being bombed by house finches and pine siskins. I hope this is an indicator of a good ...

[56] There is a lack of research focusing on the relationship between bacterial contamination and components of the gavage feeding process including frequency of tube changes, flushing of the ...