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

INTRA-OSSEOUS ROUTE

Administration of medicines by intra-osseous route

• This is useful when I/V route or S/C route is not possible to be used due to smaller size of the birds etc.
• Intra-osseous cannula is used to administer blood, fluids, colloids etc.

Site

• Proximal tibia for short-term therapy
• Distal ulna in medium –sized to large birds that requires days of therapy.

Merits

• Reduced patient-resistance is observed during the adaptation of this route of administration of drugs.
• Less stress is experienced when compared to the repeated venipunctures.
• In birds in which the venin can not be traced as in case of highly sick birds or in smaller sized birds, this route may be of tremendously useful for drug administration.