FEMORAL HEAD RESECTION IN TWO LIVINGSTONE'S FRUIT BATS (PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII)

Alberto Rodriguez Barbon; Peter Rushton-Taylor; Edward Bell; Andrew Routh

doi:10.1638/2016-0219.1

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Alberto Rodriguez Barbon,^*,** Peter Rushton-Taylor,^** Edward Bell,^** Andrew Routh^**

^*Correspondence should be directed to Dr Barbon (alberto.barbon@durrell.org).
^**From the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor, La Profonde Rue, Trinity, Jersey, JE3 5BP, Channel Islands (Barbon, Bell, Routh); and Village Vets, La Rue du Hocq, St Clement, Jersey, JE2 6FL, Channel Islands (Rushton-Taylor).

Abstract

Two Livingstone's fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii) presented with a unilateral partial paresis of the hind limbs. Radiographs revealed luxation of the coxofemoral joint and degenerative joint disease in the right coxofemoral joint in one case. The second case presented with recurrent luxation of the coxofemoral joint with osteoarthrosis of the femoral head. Clinical findings in both cases led to a decision to perform a femoral head resection. The performed surgery led to the recovery of normal function of the limb without any complications in both cases.

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Alberto Rodriguez Barbon, Peter Rushton-Taylor, Edward Bell, and Andrew Routh "FEMORAL HEAD RESECTION IN TWO LIVINGSTONE'S FRUIT BATS (PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48(3), 941-944, (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1638/2016-0219.1

Accepted: 1 May 2017; Published: 1 September 2017

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