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POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.


RULES.


Each bird must be forwarded, as soon after death as possible, carefully packed and postage

paid, direct to Mr. Arthur Gili., M.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Establishment, Bexley Heath,

Kent, and must be accompanied by a letter containing the fullest particulars of

the case.


If a reply by post (in addition to any Report that may appear in the Magazine) be required,

a stamped and addressed envelope must likewise be sent.


Avadavat. (The Hoiible. Lilia de Yarburgh Bateson). Found dead - t

apparently quite well tin hour before.


[Death was caused by concussion of the brain].



Gouldian Finch. (Mr. H. E. Goddard). In owner’s possession only ten

days, ailing more or less all the time. Fed on millet (white and spray)

and canary-seed.


[Pneumonia was the cause of death].



Gouldian Finch. (Mrs. Gorter). Had been treated for egg-binding, and

apparently revived : ate heartily and seemed all right up to io p.m., but

died at night.


[There we,re no symptoms of egg-binding, but the lungs were much

inflamed, which was the immediate cause of death].


Dead Bird. (Mr. Rotliera).


[Was so decomposed on receipt, that a satisfactory examination

was not possible]. _


Two Double-banded-, and two Masked-Finches. (Mr. Hayward W.

Mathias). Owner had had one Double-banded-, and one Masked-Finch

in unheated outdoor aviary all winter. Mates were obtained, in

apparently good health. Each pair was put in a separate cage, and

cages put in a greenhouse with an average temperature of 55 deg. Fall,

at night, and day temperature not exceeding 80 deg. Fall. Fed on

millet- and canary-seed. Had no bath. Atmosphere dry.


[Cause of death was enteritis, and the loss of all four suggests a

contagious form of disease. But all the birds were subjected to

extremes of temperature, and a variation of some 25 deg. between day

and night temperature is excessive and prejudicial. The drinking-

water would have a similar variation in temperature which would, in

all probability, cause the symptoms named. The change from your

cold aviary, and the hot shop, would be equally trying for the original

birds and the new arrivals]. _


Yellow Budgerigar. (Mr. C. Dell). Purchased on March 15th, appar¬

ently in good health : seemed dull on the 18th, and died on the 20th.


[Death resulted from concussion of the brain caused by injury. It

was a hen]. _


Cordon Br.EU. (The Honble. Mary Hawke). Died day after purchase.


[Concussion of brain was the cause of death].



Avadavat, hen. (The Honble. Mary Hawke). Been in outdoor aviary

two or three years, and has bred. Looked puffy, and was treated for

egg-binding. Was taken in for two days ; seemed better, and was put

out, but died same day.


[Pneumonia was the cause of death].



Demoiselle Crane:. (Major Fotliergill). Had been purging some time.

[Cause of death was tuberculosis of the bowels], Arthur Gill.



