Post Mortem Examinations.



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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 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.


Californian Quail. (The Lady Dunleath). Has been in aviary several

years. [Ruptured blood vessel in the right lung caused death. Your

feeding was quite correct].


Pekin Robin, hen. (Mr. S. O’Reilly). Fed on soaked dog biscuit,

Abrahams’ Food, mixed sometimes with bread, or potato, currants,

apple, and ants’ eggs. [Your feeding is all right excepting for the

crushed dog biscuit, which I have yet to be convinced is good. I

would not use it as I should prefer fresh meat if I gave meat at

all. The dessicated meat is very indigestible. Congestion of lungs

caused death]. -


Madagascar Lovebird. (Miss Tate). Found dead. Has been out of

doors since April. Seemed perfectly healthy. [Your bird had a

fractured skull. I should be inclined to blame either the cock

Redrump or the Rosella. All my reports are sent in on the 16th of

mouth prior to publication of Magazine].


Chiloe Wigeon. (Mr. A. Cummings). Put into aviary 9.30, found dead

in pond at 2.30. [There was a severe injury on top of skull under which

there was a large blood clot, the pressure of which caused death. It

was a female].


Grey Waxbill. (Lady Carnegie). Apparently quite well yesterday.

Found dead this morning. Had been several months in aviary.

[Apoplexy was cause of death].


PlTTA. (Mr. Reginald Phillipps). Arrived very weak, wings drooping, and

in a state of irritability I have noticed only in dying birds. Careful

nursing only caused temporary improvement. [Acute inflammation of

liver and bowels was cause of death, nothing could have saved it. It

was a hen]. --


Long-tailed Grassfinch, lien. (Mr. T. N. Wilson). Had it some

months with five others of same species, Gouldians, etc. They have

been quarrelling amongst themselves lately. [Concussion of brain

caused death]. -


Snow Bunting and AvadavaT. (The Hon. M. C. Hawke). Found

dead. [I should say something had frightened them, as the cause of

death in each instance was concussion of brain caused by direct injury

to the skull].



