Diseases of Canaries is a book by Robert Stroud. It was originally published in 1933. The author was well known as "The Bird Man of Alcatraz", Robert Stroud

Birdman of Alcatraz

Robert Franklin Stroud , known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a federal American prisoner who reared and sold birds and became an ornithologist...

. He wrote this book while serving a life sentence

Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...

. It is a comprehensive work which contains much information on: Anatomy - Feeding - Feeding Experiments - Insects and Parasites - The Moult

Moult

In biology, moulting or molting , also known as sloughing, shedding, or for some species, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body , either at specific times of year, or at specific points in its life cycle.Moulting can involve the epidermis , pelage...

 - Injuries - Septic Fever - Septicemia - Necrosis

Necrosis

Necrosis is the premature death of cells in living tissue. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, toxins, or trauma. This is in contrast to apoptosis, which is a naturally occurring cause of cellular death...

 - Diarrhoea - Aspergillosis

Aspergillosis

Aspergillosis is the name given to a wide variety of diseases caused by fungi of the genus Aspergillus. The most common forms are allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, pulmonary aspergilloma and invasive aspergillosis. Most humans inhale Aspergillus spores every day...

 - Bacteriology - Pathogenic Organisms - Drugs etc.

This is one of two books on canaries

Serinus

The genus Serinus is a large genus of birds in the finch family Fringillidae found mostly in the Afrotropical region with some outlying species in Europe and Asia. The genus contains several species groups including canaries, seedeaters and the African siskins...

written by the author Robert Stroud.