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22696 Problems Notes Costs
Admission date2019-08-10
Final date2019-09-13
Days in captivity34
SpeciesBLVU - Black vulture
AgeHY
SexUNK
StatusR
Band
NSF

Cause of injury: Unknown

Release approved

Found in Pendleton,SC
Anderson county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate3418.20618.80
Radiographs1300.00300.00
Total  1038.80

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

2019-08-10
2019-09-13 09:05 me/ces
Weight: 2300 grams

Release record
Date2019-09-13
Band/tag number
Band size
Released byBrooke S
Location
Huntersville, Mecklenburg county, NC

2019-09-12 12:25 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 6 patients
1401g m lo scraps

2019-09-12 10:25 me

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise 12-14x.
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[22431] / HY / UNK - 10x
[22626] / Left 7,8 blue / HY / UNK - 0x
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 17x
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK -15x
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - 10x
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 13x

Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-09-12
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 10 x cage length, consistently gliding last 20-30'

2019-09-11 11:52 RTS

Group entry: 6 animals
225,225,225,225,225,225gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca, NoLO

2019-09-11 10:38 kel

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise 14x. One of the BLVU (possibly 22431) would rather run from one side to
the other, would not fly and kept right wing close to the body. 22671 & 22672 both
crashed 1 time.

2019-09-10 14:35 rmb
Leftovers: 419
Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 1,407 g Rat, cut open

2019-09-10 11:25 nen

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK -
[22626] / Left 7,8 blue / HY / UNK -
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - glides, sym, OMB > 4, 12x
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - glides, sym, OMB > 8, dips low, 12x
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK -
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - glides, sym, 12x
2 BLVUs flew 10x well, the other trotted (no flight)


2019-09-09 11:15 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 6 patients
1474g R/M +vit+ca

2019-09-09 09:51 sc

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - 11X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22626] / Left 7,8 blue / HY / UNK - 11X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 14X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - 13X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - 0X - would not fly - juvenile BLVU
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 10X - flew, glided and perched fairly well.
Sometimes would go to top of cage before perching.

2019-09-08 14:20 kjl/bah
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 1363 g Rat cut open
BAR

2019-09-08 11:00 rh

Group entry: 6 animals



[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - Perched, QAR, gliding well.
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - Perched, QAR, gliding well.
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - Perched, QAR, wing would touch side of enclosure
during flight, perched well.

BLUV's - 2 where perched, QAR, gliding well, flying to perches. 1 was on the ground
and would not attempt to fly, just running, QAR, slight right wing droop.

2019-09-07 13:15 LEH

Group treatment: 6 patients
1456g R, 948g LO (r). LO appear to be from past few days, not all from yeterday

2019-09-06 11:45 KF

Group treatment: 6 patients
1472 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-09-06 11:36 bs

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - Flew 19x; quiet.
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - Flew 20x; assymetry; flying low; quiet.

[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - Flew 20x; would touch side wall of enclosure
with wing when in flight.

Two of the BLVU (not sure which) each flew 8x and were both flying low. The third
BLVU just hobbled around on the ground during exercise.

2019-09-05 11:55 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 6 patients
1337g R c/o lo scraps

2019-09-05 10:16 /fs

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercised 12x's.

2019-09-04 11:41 RTS

Group entry: 6 animals
228,228,228,228,228,228gCutOpenR

2019-09-04 11:20 lrm

Group entry: 6 animals
exercised - all flew 12+, except one BLVU. Could not tell which one it was, but
he just ran around

2019-09-03 11:58 ces

Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 646 g R, 296 g R
NOLO

2019-09-02 11:28 bs

Group entry: 3 animals
14X - two flew, glided, and perched well. Were not banded/color so could not determine
which BLVU they were
0X -juvenile BLVU would not fly at all, would only run on the ground

2019-09-02 11:00 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
714g SQ +vit+ca

2019-09-01 13:50 BAH
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
715g R cut open Leftovers: some skin

2019-09-01 11:05 FLM

Group entry: 3 animals
BAR for exercise.
BLVU with fuzzy head was running, not flying. 12x.
both other birds: noisy/forced flight, but gliding and perching. 12x.

2019-08-31 11:45 AH

Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 666 g R, cut open + vit + ca

NOLO

2019-08-31 09:27 amp

Group entry: 3 animals
downy head - stayed on ground, but would run lengths and spread wings occasionally
BLVU1 - 14X, flew up to ceiling midflight and occasionally landed on ground (not crashing),
but would fly back to perch
BLVU2 - 14X, good flight and landings, some gliding

2019-08-30 12:00 KF

Group treatment: 3 patients
712 g ck (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-08-30 09:38 DLE

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercised 14x, good flight except one on the ground did 6 laps back and forth on
ground.

2019-08-29 12:10 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 3 patients
641g ck lo scraps

2019-08-28 12:08 RTS

Group entry: 3 animals
240,240,250gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-08-27 10:00 nen/ces

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage:319 g r, cut open . Exercise 12-14x.
don't know who's who but one flew well, gliding and sym, and the other has a wing
droop, very flappy and labored, although a bit of gliding for the last couple of
lengths. both flew 12x

2019-08-26 11:24 BS

Group entry: 2 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - Flew 15x; loud (slightly); flying low.
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - Flew 15x; loud (slightly); flying low.

2019-08-26 11:15 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
477g R +vit+ca

2019-08-25 14:15 BAH/RMB
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
501g R cut open
skins and bone leftover

2019-08-25 11:36 FLM

Group entry: 2 animals
BAR for exercise.
both flew 12x.
one would often bounce off of the ceiling midway and then go to ground.
the other was noisy and forced flight, especially on takeoffs.

2019-08-24 11:38 me/rep/ah
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 489 g rat TOTAL IN CAGE; nolo

2019-08-24 09:05 amp

Group entry: 2 animals
BLVU1 - 14X, often flew up into ceiling midflight (sometimes twice in one length),
toward end of exercise would fly low/land on ground and run to perch, then fly up
BLVU2 - 14X, fast flight, good landings

(unable to determine which BLVU was which)

2019-08-23 13:25 KF

Group treatment: 2 patients
508 g Sq c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-08-23 11:00 BS

Group entry: 2 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - Flew 14x; flying low.
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - Flew 14x; flying low and will occasionally land
halfway.

2019-08-22 10:12 des

Group entry: 2 animals
Increase exercise

2019-08-22 10:10 fs

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 566 g SQ

Nolo

2019-08-22 09:07 mkf

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise: Both flew 10 lengths well.

2019-08-21 11:55 klz/ces/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
251, 250g Sq c/o lo scraps

2019-08-21 09:53 lrm

Group entry: 2 animals
exercised - both flew 8x, no issues

2019-08-20 14:17 rmb
Leftovers: 455
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 464 g Squirrel, cut open

2019-08-20 10:11 bt

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise 10x. Both birds completed flights with good perching. On 3 flights, one
bird stopped on ground halfway, walked many steps, then continued flight. Could
not see red tagging color on either bird.

2019-08-19 11:15 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
477g SQ +vit+ca

2019-08-19 10:38 ces

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise:

[22431] / HY / UNK - 10x, clumsy and loud flight.
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - 10x, flew, glided, perched well.

2019-08-18 14:00 bah

Group treatment: 2 patients
526g SQ, NOLO

2019-08-18 10:47 FLM

Group entry: 2 animals
BAR for exercise.
both flew well 8x. 1 BLVU very noisy/forced flight, especially on takeoffs.

2019-08-17 13:42 LEH

Group entry: 2 animals
782g LO (r)

2019-08-17 12:15 rep/ah

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 506 g Squirrel total

2019-08-17 09:11 amp

Group entry: 2 animals
10X, flying well, at times would land about 3/4 length of enclosure (not crashing)
but would then fly back up to perch

2019-08-16 14:15 KF

Group treatment: 2 patients
517 g SQ(+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-08-15 09:10 sc
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 320 g sq, 337 g sq/rabbit included 2 heads, 314g sq, 316 g r/sq, 319
g rabbit/r

Removed all skins; nolo

Exercise: All flew most lengths in full, there is one that usually only flies half way and then runs the remainder of the cage, though he can fly full lengths.

2019-08-14 12:18 RTS

Group entry: 5 animals
300,300,300,300,300g CutOpenSQ+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-08-14 10:00 cm/md

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise:

Flew 8x total, one refused to fly after 5 laps

2019-08-13 10:07 me/students

Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 306, 211, 201, 218, 240 g Squirrel, cut open; lost of skins and ck
parts LO - rem
Exercise 10x.

Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-08-13
Examiner - me/stude
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 10 x cage length easily, gliding last 20-30'

2019-08-12 11:50 cm/md

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise:

2 birds flying consistently low and not eager to fly. One bird flies halfway at normal
height before swooping upward towards ceiling. All flew 8x total

2019-08-12 11:30 bph
Leftovers: 1079
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 1600g ck/R

some LOs seemed older

2019-08-11 11:26 FLM

Group entry: 5 animals
BAR for exercise.
all flew well 8x.
one bird is more noisy/forced than others, but still flew well.
some would go to ground, but always returned to perch.

2019-08-11 03:15 KJL/RMB

Group treatment: 5 patients
311, 318, 320, 300, 301g SQ

2019-08-10 13:30 LEH

Group treatment: 5 patients
1600g SQ/R, NOLO

2019-08-10 09:03 me
Weight: 1839 grams, Keel score: 2.5
History: found 8/5 in yard, wobbly, unable to fly or walk
WAH : Wt 1940 g, gave metacam; bird able to walk and fly in flight cage now


------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Body
Wings
Legs
Retrices: still have downy tufts

anesthetized with ISO via mask for rads - WNL
colored L primary shafts # 8 and 9 (very prox, under coverts) red for ID purposes

60 cc LRS SQ

MOVED TO:F 6 - flew to lower perch

Eye exam
Exam date - 2019-08-10
Examiner - me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL

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