Fatal impaction of the stomach in two farmed ostriches


Sen S., Albay M.

IRISH VETERINARY JOURNAL, cilt.56, sa.6, ss.317-318, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 56 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Dergi Adı: IRISH VETERINARY JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.317-318
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Two young ostriches, aged four and six months, that had shown inappetance, weight loss, exercise intolerance, lethargy, and dehydration followed by constipation, were found, at necropsy, to have impaction in the proventriculus and ventriculus. In bird 1 the gizzard was extremely impacted by solid masses of Lucerne hay mixed with fine sand and two bottle lids. In bird 2 the proventriculus and especially the ventriculus were full of masses of hardened fine sand, pieces of rocks (some up to 7cm long and 3cm wide), and a small amount of Lucerne hay.