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- Title
Atrioventricular Dissociation and Congestive Heart Failure in a Ring-Necked Pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus).
- Authors
Kaya, Mehmet; Gacar, Ayhan; Demirci, Beste; Soylu, Sadettin Mehmet; Gulbahar, Mustafa Yavuz
- Abstract
The aim of this clinical report was to describe a case of complete atrioventricular dissociation in a 9-month-old, male ring-necked pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus). The case was incidentally determined during the evaluation of electrocardiograms recorded from pheasants. There were no observed clinical symptoms in the bird before or after the electrocardiogram. The PR interval varied, and there was no association of the P waves and QRS complexes in the electrocardiogram. Although the ventricular rhythm was regular (130 beats/min), atrial rhythm was irregular (approximately 91 beats/min). Pathological examination showed there was left ventricular hypertrophy with degeneration of the mitral valve of the heart and well-marked congestion in the liver and lung.
- Subjects
RING-necked pheasant; BIRD physiology; CONGESTIVE heart failure diagnosis; HEART diseases; THERAPEUTICS; CARDIAC hypertrophy; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT ventricular hypertrophy; DISEASES
- Publication
Journal of Avian Medicine & Surgery, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 2, p136
- ISSN
1082-6742
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1647/2013-064