VENTRICULAR DIVERTICULA FORMATION IN CAPTIVE PARAKEET AUKLETS (AETHIA PSITTACULA) SECONDARY TO FOREIGN BODY INGESTION

A captive parakeet auklet at the North Carolina Zoo evaluated for weight loss, lethargy, and dyspnea had radiographic evidence of a distended, stone-filled ventriculus (bird 1). Multiple stones (n = 76) were removed surgically, but the bird died and a large ventricular diverticulum was diagnosed at...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2012-12, Vol.43 (4), p.889-897
Hauptverfasser:	Degernes, Laurel A, Wolf, Karen N, Zombeck, Debbie J, MacLean, Robert A, De Voe, Ryan S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aethia psittacula Animals Animals, Zoo auklet Bird Diseases - etiology Bird Diseases - pathology Bird Diseases - surgery Birds CASE SERIES/REPORTS Charadriiformes Diverticulum Diverticulum, Stomach - etiology Diverticulum, Stomach - pathology Diverticulum, Stomach - veterinary Fluoroscopy Foreign Bodies - pathology Foreign Bodies - surgery Foreign Bodies - veterinary Imaging Ingestion lithophagy Parakeets Stomach Diseases - etiology Stomach Diseases - pathology Stomach Diseases - surgery Stomach Diseases - veterinary Stomach diverticulum Stomach, Avian - pathology Stomach, Avian - surgery Stone ventriculus Waterfowl Zoos
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