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Post Mortem Examinations.



POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.



RULES.


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

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

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

the case. Domestic poultry, pigeons, and Canaries cannot be dealt with. No

replies can be sent by post.



Rosy Finch. (Miss Harper). It had diarrhoea, and panted ; died next

day. [Immediate cause of death, a fit due to enteritis].



Diamond Finch. (Mr. A. Cummings). Bird was attacked by its mate.

[Died from an injury to the back of the skull which was fractured].



Diamond Finch and Red-bibbed Weaver. (Mr. Thorniley).


[Diamond Finch died of acute enteritis; Weaver died of apoplexy].



Goubdian Finch. (Mr. W. Tomes). Only ill one day. [Acute pneumonia].



Goubdian Finch. (The Hon. Mrs. Carpenter). Found dead in cage on

arrival. [Pneumonia, which was certainly of two or three days’

standing at least]. _


Banded Parrakeet. (Rev. T. C. Lewis). [Bird died of inflammation of

liver, caused either from cold or incorrect feeding].



Zebra Waxbibb. (Lady Carnegie). [The bird died of jaundice, caused

either by chill or error in diet].



Goubdian Finch lien. (The Hon. Mrs. Hodgson). Showed signs of

lethargy and was puffv, but did not pant; she died in her sleep. [A

blood clot on the brain was the cause of death, and, from the extent

of the extravasation, it is marvellous she could have lived so long].



Aepine Chough. (Mr. Harris). [Congestion of the liver of long

standing, with consequent malassimilation of food, and atrophy. I am

not well versed in the keeping of these birds, but you seem to me to

give too much animal food. Birds of this class in confinement, as a

rule, cannot digest the same amount of animal food as when at large,

I should think].



Arthur Gibb.



