Abstract
The Journal of the South African Veterinary Association (JSAVA), is a contemporary multi-disciplinary scientific mouthpiece for Veterinary Science in South African and abroad. It provides veterinarians in South Africa and elsewhere in the world with current scientific information across the full spectrum of veterinary science, diseases or other conditions that are endemic in, or particularly relevant to sub-Saharan Africa.
Highlights
Juvenile raptors, in their first year, often experience trauma to the wings as they miss their prey or misjudge obstacles, such as fences
Trauma can result in fractures, commonly of radius/ulna or in a cellulitis of the alula
Due to cartwheeling, was suspected. This type of injury often results in loss of blood supply to the wing tip
Summary
Concomitant leg injuries in raptors with wing damage In their first year, often experience trauma to the wings as they miss their prey or misjudge obstacles, such as fences. Trauma can result in fractures, commonly of radius/ulna or in a cellulitis of the alula (carpal joint). At the Dullstroom Animal Hospital we have seen two eagles and a buzzard in the last year, all three admitted with wing damage. The juvenile black eagle (Aquila verreauxii) showed marked discomfort on extension of the left wing.
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