A possible relationship between bumblefoot responsive to potassium arsenite and micrococci in the blood of three birds of prey
Pododermatitis (bumblefoot) is a major health problem of falcons worldwide because healing processes in the talons are difficult and lengthy. A peregrine (Falco peregrinus), a merlin (Falco columbarius) and a saker falcon (Falco cherrug) with bumblefoot at different stages ranging from III to V, wer...
| Published in: | Acta Veterinaria Hungarica |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Hungarian |
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Akadémiai Kiadó
2002
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| Online Access: | http://real.mtak.hu/49286/ http://real.mtak.hu/49286/1/avet.50.2002.2.2.pdf https://doi.org/10.1556/AVet.50.2002.2.2 |
| Summary: | Pododermatitis (bumblefoot) is a major health problem of falcons worldwide because healing processes in the talons are difficult and lengthy. A peregrine (Falco peregrinus), a merlin (Falco columbarius) and a saker falcon (Falco cherrug) with bumblefoot at different stages ranging from III to V, were all found to be carriers of micrococcus-like organisms in the blood and two of them were successfully treated with 0.5% potassium arsenite in low dosage given intravenously. A number of considerations are made on the immune dysfunction aspects of bumblefoot in birds of prey and on the emerging role of arsenic-based medicaments in the treatment of animal and human immune dysfunction syndromes. |
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