INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 2

Fracture Management in Avian patients - A report of 4 birds

  • Author:
  • Ankur Sharma, R.B. Kushwaha1, A.K. Gupta, M.S. Bhadwal
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 376 to 377

1Division of Veterinary Clinics

Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Jammu, R.S. Pura, Jammu-181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

*Corresponding Author: E-mail: ankurvets@gmail.com

Online published on 19 March, 2013.

Abstract

Four birds were presented with history of trauma and inability to fly. Limb fractures was daignosed based on clinical and radiological examination. Open reduction with intramedullary pinning was adopted in three birds and application of plaster of paris cast in the fourth bird. All the birds recovered successfully.

Keywords

Avian, cast, fractures, intramedullary pinning