Feltrer Y, Draper E R C, Perkins M, Cunningham A A
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London.
Vet Rec. 2006 Oct 14;159(16):514-21. doi: 10.1136/vr.159.16.514.
Dead and sick grey heron chicks with multiple fractures of the leg and wing bones and/or bone deformities have been reported at Besthorpe Nature Reserve heronry in north Nottinghamshire since 1996. Forty-five grey heron carcases were examined, 35 from the Besthorpe colony and 10 from other colonies where bone disease was not known to occur. On the basis of the results of radiological studies, postmortem examinations, peripheral quantitative computed tomography scanning and four-point bending tests, it was concluded that the skeletal abnormalities were probably due to metabolic bone disease.
自1996年以来，在诺丁汉郡北部的贝斯索普自然保护区苍鹭繁殖地，已报告出现腿部和翅膀骨骼多处骨折和/或骨骼畸形的死亡和患病苍鹭雏鸟。对45具苍鹭尸体进行了检查，其中35具来自贝斯索普种群，10具来自其他未知发生骨骼疾病的种群。根据放射学研究、尸检、外周定量计算机断层扫描和四点弯曲试验的结果，得出结论认为骨骼异常可能是由于代谢性骨病所致。
