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Endoscopic Removal of Esophageal Foreign Body in a Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)  

Lee, So-Young (Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Industrial Animals and Preventive Medicines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Yoo, Jong-Hyun (BK21 program of Integrative Network Systems for Veterinarians in Basic Science, Iindustrial Animals and Preventive Medicines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Park, Chul (Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Industrial Animals and Preventive Medicines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Park, Hee-Myung (Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Industrial Animals and Preventive Medicines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.24, no.1, 2007 , pp. 29-31 More about this Journal
Abstract
A thirty-month-old male Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccansis) with mild anorexia was referred. Through physical examination, fireign body was palpated at the crop region. Radiopaque, lineal foreign body was visualized on the lateral radiographs of the thoracic esophageal region. The patient was definitively diagnosed esophageal foreign body which is ingested feeding tube. The foreign body removal was undertaken using a flexible endoscope and a grasping forcep without any other complications. This case report demonstrated that successful esophageal foreign body removal with endoscopy in birds.
Keywords
cockatoo; endoscopy; foreign body;
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