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- Title
AUTOMUTILAÇÃO EM ABUTRE REAL (SARCORAMPHUS PAPA) MANTIDO EM CATIVEIRO.
- Authors
Carvalho Santos, Igor; Campos Rodrigues, Marcelo; do Nascimento Silva, Filipi Alexandre; Santana Campos, Marina Alicea
- Abstract
The real vulture is a compact bird of extraordinary color (in adult plumage). Its bare head, as the scientific name suggests, has caricatures and fleshy red papillae applied around the beak, and an iris of the eye is white with a red orbital ring. In captivity, stress is a widely observed condition, which can lead to self-mutilation, which can progress to severe skin and muscle injuries. The purpose of this report is to describe the procedures adopted in the case of automation in Sarcoramphus papa, kept in captivity and with an importance of the appropriate manual for this species in captivity. He was seen at a University Veterinary Hospital, a king vulture showed a contaminated wound, with bone exposure on the right. After treatment or animal was sent to a conservation reserve to be conditioned and return to its natural habitat.
- Publication
Arquivos de Ciências Veterinárias e Zoologia da Unipar, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1415-8167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25110/arqvet.v25i2conv.2022.8154