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

Diaphyseal Fracture of Humerus and its Fixation by Wooden Splint in a Eagle

  • Author:
  • Deepak Kumar Kashyap, Govina Dewangan, Devesh Kumar Giri
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 386 to 387

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Arawali Veterinary College, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Bajor, Sikar - 332403 (Rajasthan)

*Corresponding Author E-mail: deepakkashyap31@gmail.com

Online published on 19 March, 2013.

Abstract

An adult eagle was presented with history of inability to fly. Physical examination revealed crepitus and fracture of humerus bone of left wing with overriding fragments. The fracture was stabilized with small light weight wooden splints. The eagle was rehabilitated and successfully released three weeks after. This case demonstrates the use of light wooden splints in an eagle for recovery from humerus fracture.

Keywords

Eagle, fracture, humerus, wooden splints