Information for the Rehabilitation Professional

Sites of Interest:

Rehabilitation Statistics

PLEASE help to increase the information base for wildlife rehabilitation by contributing to this rehab statistic base. We want to be keeping national and international statistics. Information is needed for any year statistics were kept for (not just the current year). Totals will be displayed on the stats.htm page.

News Items:

  1. Banded Pigeon Recovery
    Here is some information that may prove helpful if you receive a banded pigeon:
     
If there is an IF on the band, it is registered with the International
Federation of Homing Pigeons.  Call Marie Rotundo at 610-664-0266.
 
If there is an AV on the band, it is registered with the Avian Service
Center.  405-670-9400 (call 8a - 5p Central)
 
For fancy pigeons and all others, call the National Pigeon Association, Pat
Avery at 405-386-6884

 
Bands on racing pigeons have an AU or IF number, a code for the actual
racing club, a date '95 or 96) indicating year- of hatching.  Fancy
pigeons often have a band - to locate owner, call National Pigeon
Association.
  2. Malformed Amphibians
    Announcing the North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations:
    http://www.npsc.nbs.gov/narcam
    1-800-238-9801*
    Please report malformed amphibians or general amphibian survey results to this Web site or toll-free number. The Reporting Center resides at a Web site that was recently established by USGS/Biological Resources Division staff at the Northern Prairie Science Center (Jamestown, North Dakota) in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Canadian Wildlife Service. The Reporting Center will consolidate observations in a data base so that scientists can search for patterns and trends in type and incidence of malformations. The Web site also contains the following information on malformed amphibians: general locations of reported malformed amphibians, a searchable bibliography, photos of malformations, newspaper clippings, and links to other sites.

  3. Feathers
    The National Eagle Repository provides eagle and other bird carcasses to Native Americans for their religious purposes. To meet the requests from Native Americans, this month the Repository needs the following types and amounts of birds: 
     
bald and golden eagles - thousands
anhingas - 7
gyrfalcons - 3
rough-legged hawks - 6
common black hawks - 3
scissor-tailed flycatchers - 5
roadrunners - 5
Harris hawks - 7
gray hawks - 2
white-tailed hawks - 1
white-tailed (black-shouldered) kites - 2
crested caracaras - 2
Black-billed magpies -1
Blue jays -1
pileated woodpeckers (or any red-headed) - 1
Canada geese - 2
Mallards - 1
goshawks - 2
Steller's sea-eagles -1
Scott's orioles - 1
Zone-tailed hawks - 1
Any yellow-feathered - 2
Osprey - 1

    If you need containers and/or postage-paid shipping labels in order to ship to the Repository, contact Dennis Wiist at 303-287-2110 (ext. 228).

  4. Cruelty Reports Wanted ... (for the Humane Society of the United States)

  5. New Esbilac Formulas:
    Pet Ag recommends that rehabbers are using the "Zoological Milk
    Matrix" milk replacers. The following are the numbers that
    correspond to the old formulations:
    		
		Esbilac = 33/40
		KMR = 42/25
		Multimilk = 30/55
		Foal-Lac = 20/14
    For other species, and for requests for Milk Matrix product
    data sheet, call: 1-800-323-0877
    (Information provided by Leslie Straub)

Important Emerging Diseases:

House Finch Conjunctivitis

Supply Sources for Wildlife Rehabilitators


"Farming" Your Own Wildlife Food

How to culture mealworms
culture crickets

New Publications Available:

... not necessarily new, just new to this site!
  1. Songbird Diet Index
    Coconut Creek Publishing Co.
    2300 W. Sample Rd. Suite 314
    Pompano Beach, FL 33073
    Toll free 888-WRT-1020.
  2. The Birder's Handbook, by Ehrlich et al.
  3. American Wildlife and Plants, A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits,
    by Martin et al.

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Cruelty Information Wanted for the Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS)

(original information dated Oct. 1995)


"The HSUS is seeking to document the incidence and prevalence of acts of
intentional abuse to wildlife in an attempt to determine the nature of
the problem and the steps that might be taken to prevent such events.  We
are seeking documented reports of any animals handled by your facility 
known to be victims of intentional and illegal cruelty.  All information
provided will be kept confidential and will be reported only in summary
form unless the reporting individuals authorize more detailed release
of this information. We also welcome any clippings or press items you may 
have documenting such acts of cruely in your area.  


Mail to:	
HSUS Training Initiatives
		
2100 L Street NW
		
Washington D.C.  20037


Or fax to:	
301-258-3034
Or email:	
hsusti@ix.netcom.com


The report form is as follows:

Facility name and address

Phone number

Email

Fax number

Person completing form (name and title)

Injured animal: species, date received, nature of injury, cause of
  injury, status and/or prognosis (ie: died, euthanized, released,
  pending, etc.)

Person responsible (if known): age, sex

Comments: (note any explanation provided for action)

Charges filed or legal action taken

Result of legal action (ie: fine, sentence, aquitted)."







House Finch Conjunctivitis

(submitted by Lessie Davis, North Carolina)


The conjunctivitis appearing in House Finches is caused by
Mycoplasma gallisepticum, with the birds displaying inflammed, 
swollen conjunctival tissue in the eyes accompanied by eye discharge and, 
in some cases, sinus inflammation and discharge from the nares as well.  


Current treatment protocol per Erica A. Miller, DVM, Tri-State Bird 
Rescue, Delaware, consists of administering the following three (3) drugs 
simultaneously.



    

  1. Oxytetracycline hydrochloride with polymyxin B sulfate eye ointment 
(Terramycin antibiotic ophthalmic ointment, Pfizer Animal Health, New 
York, NY) in both eyes until all swelling, redness, and discharge is 
gone.  Available through your veterinarian or UPCO.

  2. Tetracycline systemic antibiotic (Panmycin Aquadrops, Upjohn, 
Kalamazoo, MI) given twice daily by mouth at 250mg/kg (approximately 
0.05cc per bird per am and pm dose) for a full 14 days.  Available through 
your veterinarian.

  3. Tylosin tartrate additive to drinking water (Tylan 10, Elanco Animal 
Health, division of Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, IN) at 1/4 teaspoon 
powder to 1 quart of water for a full 21 days.  Use this as sole source of 
water to ensure birds receive the drug.  Discard unused solution after 3 
days.  If bird is held over 21 days, continue use of Tylosin on an every 
other day basis until release.  Available through your veterinarian or 
feed & seed or commercial poultry supply stores.




Research completed in the summer of 1995 by Drs. Ley and Degernes 
(veterinarians with NC State Veterinary Teaching Hospital) on House Finches 
which had been treated and cured of conjunctivitis in late summer were 
also experiencing heavy molt and did not respond completely to initial 
treatment.  The infection was much improved, but there was still slight 
inflammation and redness in the eyes.  Dr. Miller stated that treatment 
with the oral tetracycline drug could be continued for an additional 7 to 
14 days.  The Tylosin was given as directed above - 21 days, then every 
other day thereafter.  This resulted in full recovery.




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