Clinical and pathological findings in two Mauritian pink pigeons (Columba mayeri).
Two Mauritian pink pigeons (Columba mayeri) from a captive breeding programme, with locomotor disorders were examined clinically and post mortem. One bird was unable to fly owing to a permanent luxation of the left elbow. The other bird had an inclined foot caused by a medial curvature and outward rotation of the tarsometatarsal bone, a deformity similar to the previously recorded 'inclined feet' in birds bred in Mauritius.
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury.
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D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010856:Columbidae; D005260:Female; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000293:injuries*