title: Cardiomyopathy and right-sided congestive heart failure in a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis).
abstract: A 15-year-old female red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) was evaluated because of dyspnea, anorexia, and coelomic distension. Diagnostic imaging results confirmed severe coelomic effusion and revealed a markedly dilated right ventricle. The diagnosis was right-sided congestive heart failure. Results of measurements of vitamin E, selenium, lead, zinc, and cardiac troponin levels were normal or nondiagnostic. The hawk was treated with furosemide, antifungal and antimicrobial agents, and supplemental fluids and oxygen, but euthanasia was elected because of the poor prognosis and the practical difficulties associated with intensive case management. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure in a captive red-tailed hawk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: S Emmanuelle
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Knafo
authors.forename: Gregg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapoport
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brainard
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Driskell
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uhl
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crochik
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Divers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D046428:Hawks; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*