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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 1
First page : (97) Last page : (104)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7936

Clinical Management of Injured Juvenile Painted Storks (Mycteria  leucocephala)  Due to the Impact of Cyclone Fani

M. Bharathidasan^1*, D. Vishnugurubaran², Chhavi Gupta¹, T. Mohanapriya³,
S. Dharmaceelan⁴ and R. Ramprabhu^5
1,2Assistant Professor, ⁵Professor and Head, Veterinary Clinical Complex,
⁴Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology,
³Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: dr.dass07@yahoo.in
Received: 10.12.2019  |  Revised: 16.01.2020   |  Accepted: 23.01.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Cyclone Fani hit the Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India on 29th April, 2019 and inflicted morbidity and mortality in painted storks (Mycteria  leucocephala). The juvenile painted storks perching on the trees fell along with nests and 13 were referred to Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli, South India in critical stages. On clinical examination two birds were in shock, one had fracture of pelvis and left femur which was treated by soft bandaging. The remaining 10 birds requiring procedures were inducted and maintained anaesthesia following pre-oxygenation for 5 minutes, Isoflurane was administered as inhalant anaesthetic in 100 per cent oxygen (3 L/min) at a concentration of 4 to 5 per cent for induction and 2 per cent for maintenance through a customized face mask made of plastic intravenous fluid bottle. For the long bone fractures, intramedullary pinning was performed in 5 cases of tibio-trasal and tarso-metatarsal fractures and Plaster of Paris bandage was applied in 4 cases of tibio-trasal and tarso-metatarsal fractures including radius-ulna fracture in one case. Anaesthesia was well tolerated with a mean Standard reflex score of 1.55 ±1.23 after induction. Intramedullary pinning and Plaster of Paris bandage were tolerated and aided in healing of long bone fractures. The birds in shock (2), pelvis fracture (1) and radius-ulna fractures (1) died during the post treatment period in the Rehabilitation centre and the 9 recovered birds were released. The study indicated that isoflurane was a safe and ideal inhalant anaesthetic in Painted Storks and intramedullary pinning and Plaster of Paris bandage were well tolerated and they aided in the healing of long bone fractures of pelvic limbs in painted storks.

Keywords: Cyclone Fani, Painted Storks, Long bone fractures, Pelvic limb, Intramedullary Pinning

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Cite this article: Bharathidasan, M., Vishnugurubaran, D., Gupta, C., Mohanapriya, T., Dharmaceelan, S., & Ramprabhu, R. (2020). Clinical Management of Injured Juvenile Painted Storks (Mycteria  leucocephala)  Due to the Impact of Cyclone Fani, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(1), 97-104. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7936