Treatment of extremity fractures in 20 wild birds with a modified Meynard external fixator and clinical assessment of the results

The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of the treatment on twenty wild birds presenting with fractures that were stabilised with modified Meynard external fixators. The study material consisted of a total of twenty birds of eight different species, six white storks (Ciconia ciconia), one e...

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Published in:Veterinární Medicína
Main Authors: Ozsemir, Kubra Gerbaga, ALTUNATMAZ, Kemal
Other Authors: İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa ,, 2645746
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Equine
Small Animals
Health Sciences
Tarımsal Bilimler
General Veterinary
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
Veteriner Bilimleri
Sağlık Bilimleri
Tarım ve Çevre Bilimleri (AGE)
Bitki ve Hayvan Bilimleri
VETERİNERLİK BİLİMLERİ
Accipiter gentilis
Northern Goshawk
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12627/175255
https://doi.org/10.17221/5/2020-vetmed
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Summary:The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of the treatment on twenty wild birds presenting with fractures that were stabilised with modified Meynard external fixators. The study material consisted of a total of twenty birds of eight different species, six white storks (Ciconia ciconia), one eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), one European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), one long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus), three common buzzard (Buteo buteo), one northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), one Armenian gull (Larus armenicus), and six yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis), which were diagnosed with fractures in their extremity bones following clinical and radiological examinations. The lesions of the twenty cases evaluated in the study were diagnosed as humerus fractures in nine cases, ulna fractures in three cases, tibiotarsus fractures in seven cases and a femur fracture in one case. The external fixators were removed between weeks five and nine postoperatively. While healing was seen in twelve of the twenty evaluated cases, the complete functional recovery occurred in six of these and they were released into nature. It was concluded that modified Meynard external fixator, which was made applicable for fractures in birds, could be an alternative method for fracture treatments in wild birds.

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