Raptor Wound Management

Authors

  • Elizabeth Connolly Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v22.228

Keywords:

Wound management, healing, raptor, wildlife rehabilitation

Abstract

Traumatic skin wounds in raptors are both common and difficult to treat. Common causes of trauma include vehicular strikes, window collision, barbed wire entanglement, electrocution, frostbite, and inappropriate husbandry. Veterinarians and wildlife rehabilitators must overcome a variety of obstacles to successfully manage these cases.

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Author Biography

Elizabeth Connolly, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

Elizabeth Connolly is a fourth year student at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Her research has included tracking the feeding patterns of honeybees at the Sandy Neck Research Station on Cape Cod and the studying inlet fish populations at the Wetlands Institute in New Jersey.

References

Burke, H., S. Swain, and T. Amalsadvala. 2002. Review of wound management in raptors. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 16(3):180–191.

Degernes, L. 1994. Trauma medicine. In Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications. B. Ritchie, G. Harrison, and L. Harrison (eds). Lake Worth, Florida: Wingers Publishing, Inc.

Riggs, S., and T. Tully, Jr. 2004. Wound management in nonpsittacine birds. The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 7(1):19–36.

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Published

2004-12-31

How to Cite

Connolly, E. (2004). Raptor Wound Management. Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin, 22(2), 28–30. https://doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v22.228

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2004)

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