Pleuritis and peritonitis in a golden eagle.
A female Golden Eagle died despite intensive treatment after being struck by a vehicle. Necropsy revealed poor body condition, with no fat stores. The proventriculus and ventriculus contained a pellet of fur and bone fragments, at the center of which was the leg of a Red-Tailed Hawk. A talon on the leg had punctured the ventriculus, resulting in fatal pleuritis and peritonitis.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D009336:Necrosis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*