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21780

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Admission date	2018-08-07
Final date	2018-09-12
Days in captivity	36
Species	TUVU - Turkey vulture
Age	ATY
Sex	UNK
Status	E
Band

Deformity- R hallux

Emaciation

Fracture - tarsometatarsus, right

Wing droop - right

Cause of injury: Gunshot

Do NOT release where found

Found in Huntersville,NC
Mecklenburg county

Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

Desc Qty Cost Subtotal

Examination 1 120.00 120.00

Daily rate 36 18.20 655.20

Radiographs 1 300.00 300.00

Complete blood count 1 60.00 60.00

Packed cell volume 1 25.00 25.00

Blood lead 1 180.00 180.00

Total 1340.20

Costs are estimates based on fees charged at a local avian specialist.

Radiographs and images
2018-08-10	2018-08-12	2018-08-12

2018-09-12 11:07 des/ces

Not doing well. Very stressed. Severe right droop. No attempt to fly.
Not preening primaries on right. In rehab for 36 days with no improvement.
Decided to euthanize.
Masked with ISO + pentobarb 2.0 ml IV

2018-09-12 10:26 mmo

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercise 12x.

2018-09-12 10:23 mmo

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercise 12x.

2018-09-11 10:53 HA

Leftovers: 403
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 190, 188, 160 g rat CUT-OPEN + vit + ca.  

403 g lo

2018-09-11 10:19 nen/ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-09-11
Examiner - Ha
FlightSound
Notes:
Unable to fly, wing injury

2018-09-10 12:08 ces/me

Group entry: 3 animals
added 200 g R/ck

2018-09-10 11:43 sat

Group entry: 3 animals

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[21643] / 18129 / HY / UNK - 12X - flew, glided and perched well.
[21780] / ATY / UNK - 12X (one of TUVU flew, glided, and perched well, but could
not tell which one because of no color banding.
[21850] / HY / UNK - 0X - stayed on ground entire time, severe wing droop

2018-09-10 10:30 ces/sat

Group treatment: 3 patients
170, 175 g ck/R with vit and ca, nolo

2018-09-09 12:00 JWE

Leftovers: 64
Group treatment: 3 patients
517g R

2018-09-09 10:18 flm

Group entry: 3 animals
BAR for exercise.
21850: flew well 10x. no issues.
21780: on ground. DNF. R wing droop.
RTHA: forced, choppy flight. went to ground after 5x. refused.

2018-09-08 12:35 LEH

Group treatment: 3 patients
521g R, NOLO

2018-09-08 09:21 amp

Group entry: 3 animals

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[21643] / 18129 / HY / UNK - 12X, somewaht choppy flight, landed on ground 2X
[21780] / ATY / UNK - on ground, walked around a bit, did not fly
[21850] / HY / UNK - started on ground, eventually flew to perch, exercised 8X, good
flight and landings

2018-09-07 11:40 KF

Group treatment: 3 patients
555 g R c/o (+vit +ca); NOLO

2018-09-07 10:14 lmv

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercise 10-12x.
One TUVU - flying well, some gliding.
Other TUVU - not flying, only walking, dragging R wing.

2018-09-06 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
517g R +vit+ca

2018-09-05 13:13 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
180,173gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2018-09-04 13:47 ces/rmb

Leftovers: 62
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 350 g SQ CUT-OPEN 

2018-09-03 11:31 ces

Group entry: 2 animals
Increase food a bit

2018-09-03 10:30 ces

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 313 g rat. 82 g LO(R)

2018-09-02 13:00 KLH

Group treatment: 3 patients
462g R C/O; NOLO

2018-09-01 12:40 LEH

Group treatment: 3 patients
480g R, NOLO

2018-08-31 12:00 KF

Group treatment: 3 patients
459 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-08-31 10:41 des

BAR. On ground. Has pretty good right wing droop. Tips slightly touching ground

2018-08-30 12:15 fs/mkf/ces/rjo

Group treatment: 3 patients
351g R/m 128g lo

2018-08-29 11:55 RTS115

Group entry: 3 animals
165,165,170gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-08-28 10:24 HA

Leftovers: 149
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 170g sq, 150g sq, 175g sq + vit + ca.

149 g ck leftover

2018-08-27 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
446g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-27 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
446g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-26 12:30 JWE

Group treatment: 2 patients
318g R NOLO

2018-08-26 09:42 ces/des

Weight: 1999 grams
Moved to F4.  No limping, walking normally.
Right wing droop.  Not dragging. 

Review of rad shows some whitening of bones around the right shoulder near the MFB's. We were aware of that but were not sure if it would cause a problem. Will just need to wait and see if he works it out.

2018-08-25 13:00 LEH

320g SQ, NOLO

2018-08-24 12:30 lmv

Leftovers: 182
BAR, hissy, some LO very old

2018-08-23 11:45 mkf/fs/rjo

301g Sq c/o 200g + a lot of scraps!

2018-08-22 12:05 RTS

292,310gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-08-21 09:50 nen

Leftovers: 106
Food: 300 g R cut-open (+ vit + Ca)

106 g Left over

2018-08-20 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
303g SQ, CK +vit+ca

2018-08-19 14:00 KLH

325g R; NOLO

2018-08-18 16:00 lmv/rma

310g R c/o; BAR, hissy, on ground in back. 171g LO(R) - several skins/entrails

2018-08-17 13:30 KF

320 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-08-16 13:15 fs/mkf/rjo

305g R c/o nolo (scraps)

2018-08-15 12:11 ces

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
stop terbinafine

2018-08-15 11:00 rts

298 g R cut-open with vit and ca, nolo

2018-08-14 14:48 lea

Added 140 g R c/o, basically NOLO..just scraps

2018-08-14 09:34 ces

NOLO

Food: 167 g R cut-open 
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to SID

2018-08-13 16:45 erl/mar

Food: 156 g R cut open, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-13 09:00 lap/ces/eam

NOLO

Food: 162 g R cut-open (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-12 17:00 meg/pce

Food: 153g R c/u
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO

2018-08-12 13:27 ces

US FWS notified via email: illegal cause of injury.

2018-08-12 11:08 lea

===== HEART SIZE MEASURMENTS =====
CW (mm): 34.10
TW (mm): 68.87
SW (mm): 39.26

2018-08-12 08:56 ces/rh/laf

Weight: 1574 grams
NOLO
BAR

Anesthetized with iso via mask.  Radiograph confirmed right TMT fracture, healed.  Also showed metallic FB scattered over body.

Moved to R39.

Food: 151 g R cut-open
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to BID, stop FL

2018-08-11 13:30 rep

Food: 99 g FL cut up
NOLO
Bird stomped his feet!

2018-08-11 08:30 rep

Food: 85 g FL 
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
BID make sure water is full

started eating immediately


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
increase food

2018-08-10 18:04 rew/ksf

NOLO, started eating immediately. Had water.

Food: 86g fl c/u
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
BID make sure water is full

2018-08-10 15:28 rew

QAR, perched, looking for food.

2018-08-10 12:48 rew

BAR, perched, NOLO. Started eating immediately.

Food: 85g fl c/u

2018-08-10 07:50 dle

BAR. NOLO
Changed towels and water.
Food: 81 g FL (+ vit + Ca) 
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
BID make sure water is full

2018-08-09 17:35 cfs/lea

QAR. NOLO

Food: 72 g FL (+ vit + Ca) Increase if NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
BID make sure water is full


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food

2018-08-09 13:39 me

Food: 72 g FL ck
NOLO

2018-08-09 12:03 des

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop fluids. Increase food

2018-08-09 08:30 des

Weight: 1407 grams
Standing. NOLO. Not much fight but alert and responsive

Food: 60 g FL rat
SQ fluids: 60 cc
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

MOVED TO: R16A
Added water dish

2018-08-08 17:50 hmo/lap

Standing in back, still very quiet. NOLO

Food: 45 g FL (+ vit + Ca) 
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food

2018-08-08 12:13 ces

NOLO
QAR

Food: 42 g FL

2018-08-08 09:57 des

High WBC and het count. Not sure if just stress but not terribly abnormal for the species.

CBC
Collection date2018-08-07
WBC count75000
Corrected count43333
Hets/Neut92% - 39866
  Bands0+
  Toxics0+
Lymphs5% - 2166
Eos0% - 0
Mono3% - 1299
Baso0% - 0
Thrombocytes
PI2
HemoproteusNEG
LeukocytozoonNEG
PlasmodiumNEG
Read bydes
RBC's very clumped in chains. Hard to read. Overstained purple so diff a little tricky. Definite heterophilia

2018-08-08 08:43 ces

Standing.  Mutes ++.  Very quiet.  Did not react much during treatments.

TMT fracture healed.  Very stable, mature callus.  Leg a little shorter due to fracture.

Food: 42 g FL (+ vit + Ca) 
SQ fluids: 60 cc
Terbinafine: 0.80 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to SID fluids

2018-08-07 16:18 lea/me

Weight: 1333 grams, Keel score: 1.5
Found unable to fly, finder lured in garage and volunteered captured/transported to CRC.


------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
  Behavior and Neuro: QAR
  Other: vomited cat food
Body
  Keel and pectoral muscles: small callus on keel, old fx?
  Vent: clean
  Body condition score: 1.5
Wings
  Left wing: WNL
  Right wing: seemed stiff, palpated WNL
Legs
  Ectoparasites: feather lice


QAR. Had vomited cat food in box. Emaciated. The right hallux seems to be deformed, missing a talon. The lateral side of R TMT is callused, old fx? Right supraorbital ridge shows a potential metallic foreign body..small, rounded pellet shot?

Waiting on rad until more stable.

Took blood for PCV/TS/lead

60 cc LRS + vit B SQ
0.13 cc iron dex IM
0.80 cc terbinafine PO
Bronco'd placed in incubator
25 g FL, ate immediately


PCV/TP
Collection date2018-08-07 00:00:00
PCV26 %
TS6.7 g\dl
Serumclear

Blood lead
Collection date2018-08-07
Level8.30 ug/dL

Eye exam
Exam date - 2018-08-07
Examiner - lea/me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL