VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

HANDLING OF BIRDS

• Support the body of the anseriformes like geese,duck under the arm and the head and neck of the bird should be supported by another hand.
• Avoid the carrying of birds like water fowl by wings alone since brachial paralysis may occur in such cases.
• If the bird is allowed to flap the wing during handling, then stress reactions may be severe in such birds. Hence, the wings and the legs have to be restrained first.
• During the handling of small birds, the sternum should not be covered because such activities may cause interference with the respiratory activities of the tiny aviary species.