Wi_Pida
Songster
Update: According to a vet that responded on another forum I belong to, the brown patch between her skin and breast looks like it might have been a tumor (possible beginnings of cancer). He believes that since she hadn't been eating or drinking one of two things happened, 1 - she became weak and fell from her roost that was only 2-3 feet off the ground and broke her neck or 2 - she did have a heart attack even though her heart looked fine externally (I forgot to dissect it) fell from the roost and broke her neck.
In both cases he believed it was due to a broken neck caused by depression, not eating or drinking and someone throwing in a stray rooster in with them (something I had forgotten about).
Graphic pictures attached.
I got a 5 hens on Saturday. Tonight the blue copper maran was perched in the quarantine area with the other hens and when I came out of the existing flock hen house 15 minutes later she was laying on the ground dead. She showed no signs of illness except I haven’t seen any of them eat or drink. Otherwise she was quite a lively little girl. Anyway, I have been treating 3 of the girls for scaly legs mites, two of them have a slight case and one has a major case of it. She and the Americauna do not.
Anyway, I preformed a necropsy on her and am puzzled by 3 things that I found.
In photo 1 - why would the ceca be air filled instead of being fluid filled?
In photo 2 - Any idea if the brown spot is some type of tumor? As you see it is located between the breast bone and the skin?
Lastly,, in photo 3 below the lungs are a bunch of tiny pin head sizes clear balls. When I squeezed a couple some just were filled with clear fluid, while the others were hard.
I’ve done necropolises before and don’t ever recall seeing anything like this. I know she hadn’t eaten because there was no food in her crop and nothing in her intestines. The heart seemed fine and so did the rest of her organs. Is it possible that she had Marek’s? I’ve never seen a necropsy with it before. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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In both cases he believed it was due to a broken neck caused by depression, not eating or drinking and someone throwing in a stray rooster in with them (something I had forgotten about).
Graphic pictures attached.
I got a 5 hens on Saturday. Tonight the blue copper maran was perched in the quarantine area with the other hens and when I came out of the existing flock hen house 15 minutes later she was laying on the ground dead. She showed no signs of illness except I haven’t seen any of them eat or drink. Otherwise she was quite a lively little girl. Anyway, I have been treating 3 of the girls for scaly legs mites, two of them have a slight case and one has a major case of it. She and the Americauna do not.
Anyway, I preformed a necropsy on her and am puzzled by 3 things that I found.
In photo 1 - why would the ceca be air filled instead of being fluid filled?
In photo 2 - Any idea if the brown spot is some type of tumor? As you see it is located between the breast bone and the skin?
Lastly,, in photo 3 below the lungs are a bunch of tiny pin head sizes clear balls. When I squeezed a couple some just were filled with clear fluid, while the others were hard.
I’ve done necropolises before and don’t ever recall seeing anything like this. I know she hadn’t eaten because there was no food in her crop and nothing in her intestines. The heart seemed fine and so did the rest of her organs. Is it possible that she had Marek’s? I’ve never seen a necropsy with it before. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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