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A surgical method for controlling the flight of peafowl (Pavo cristata)
1Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.
Avian Diseases
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
The articular surfaces of the left humerus-ulna joint were curetted, and a surgical screw was inserted across the joint through the ulna and humerus. The joint was immobilized for 2 weeks. Treated peafowl could strut normally but could not cross a 1.3-meter fence.