WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT DO BIRDS INFECTED WITH AVIAN BOTULISM NEED?
In the clinic, birds were evaluated and their condition was classified as critical, serious, or hospitalized and recovering. Critically ill birds were prostrate and almost totally paralyzed and had little or no eyelid response. Pelicans in serious condition had difficulty walking and holding their heads erect, and their eyelids responded slowly. Hospitalized and recovering birds were standing and alert, but were unable to fly. Their eyelid response was normal or near normal. Critically ill birds were housed indoors in the clinic where they were placed on foam mattress pads covered with absorbent material to provide comfort and maintain body heat. They received daily tube feedings of fluids to flush the toxin from their system and dilute liquid food to give them nutrition to keep up their strength. The liquid food was increased gradually as each bird recovered. Because eyelids do not close, sterile eye lubricant ointments were used to prevent dryness and the development of corneal ulcer
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