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Admission date2025-10-27
Final date -
Days in captivity1
SpeciesBADO - Barred owl
AgeAHY
SexUNK
StatusReh
Band
Bruised - lower back/spine
Ectoparasite - flat flies
Ocular - permanent, minor, OD
Ocular - permanent, minor, OS

Cause of injury: HBC suspect

Found in Salisbury,NC
Rowan county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate115.4015.40
Eye exam125.0025.00
Total  160.40

Costs are estimates based on fees charged at a local avian specialist.
Radiographs and images
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2025-10-27 16:57 gm/AD

Food: 35g ck c/u (+ vit + Ca)
Tramadol: 0.45 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use, neuro symptoms

Quiet, lethargic. Standing on legs, staring at corner of kennel. Not responsive or alert to handler. Uses feet to kick, but stumbled over on side when placed back in after treatment. Not clacking or biting. Administered tram and gave food. Gave her a donut to help stabilize her. -AD

2025-10-27 13:34 cd
Weight: 905 grams, Keel score: 3.5

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: QAR
Mouth: clean, very strong beak
Ears: baby flat flies, no bruising
Body
Pelvis: bruising on lower back near pelvic girdle, no crepitation
Vent: clean
Body condition score: 3.5, 4
Fat: Furcular hollow, Keel, Abdomen
Wings
Left wing: wnl full ext
Right wing: wnl full ext
Legs
Left leg: full ext, no fx palpated, standing
Right leg: full ext, no fx palpated, standing
Ectoparasites: flat flies

Bird presents QAR, standing in box, leaning against corner. Majority of eye damage is old except for some very mild floating debris. Most of body NSF aside from small amount of dk red bruising on lower back/spine near pelvic girdle - no swelling or crepitation on palpation, but bird has a lot of fat and muscle on body. Finished treatment and set up in KR2 - stood behind perch.

Treatment
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35cc LRS SQ
0.09 Meloxi IM

Plan
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Monitor use of legs. Rads after quarantine period, sooner if leg use declines.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-10-27
Examiner - cd
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
PLR a little slow. Flat grey scarring medially leading into a scarred area of detachment medial/cranial, margins scarred, old dmg. Very minor areas of scarring around rest of eye but otherwise wnl.
Left eye:
PLR a little slow. Very minimal floating debris caudally. Small light spot just caudal/lateral to pecten, scarring caudally.

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