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Published on: August 22, 2022
Metabolic bone disease in wild collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto)
G O Cousquer1, E J Dankoski, J C Patterson-Kane
1RSPCA Wildlife Hospital, West Hatch, Taunton TA3 5RT.
Abstract:
The records of 666 casualty collared doves examined at a wildlife hospital in south-west England over a period of five years were reviewed. Signs of metabolic bone disease were recorded in 51.2 per cent of the juvenile birds but in only 9.6 per cent of the adults. The incidence of the condition was highest between December and February and decreased almost to zero between June and August. Histological lesions in 11 of the juvenile doves were consistent with vitamin D deficiency, possibly as a result of inadequate exposure to uvb light during the short winter days.
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