Research Projects

The Schubot Center supports research into diseases of exotic and wild birds. Some of this research is conducted at the Schubot Center at Texas A&M. Other research projects are sponsored by the Schubot Center and take place elsewhere.

Margo the Blue and Gold Macaw

Current Research

Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD)
Dietary intake of captive and wild birds
Disease monitoring in bird markets of Peru
Characterization of fecal microflora in psittacines
Effect of diet change on fecal miroflora in psittacines

Past Research

Avian Mycobacteriosis in Ring-neck doves
Psittacid Herpesviruses
Avian Papillomatosis
Megabacteriosis (Avian Gastric Yeast)
Iron Storage Disease in corvids
The Red Siskin Project
Parasites of Gulf Coast Waterbirds
Encephalitozoon hellum
Reticuloendotheliosis virus in Attwater's Prairie Chickens
Total and free magnesium concentrations in birds
Atoxoplasmosis in birds
Chimera construction for the rescue of endangered species
Salmonellosis in Cowbirds
Macrophage activation in birds
Investigation of avian antibodies in Macaws and chickens