Bailey T A, Nicholls P K, Samour J H, Naldo J, Wernery U, Howlett J C
Veterinary Science Department, National Avian Research Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Avian Dis. 1996 Apr-Jun;40(2):296-305.
A review was conducted of 236 postmortem examinations of six species of captive and imported bustards in the United Arab Emirates for the period 1979-94. The most common causes of death in adult imported houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) were euthanasia due to Newcastle disease, aspergillosis, and post-transportation-related deaths. Helminth parasites were a common finding in imported houbara bustards, and large parasite burdens occasionally caused intestinal obstruction and death. The most common causes of death in adult captive houbara bustards were trauma-related deaths and euthanasia for or death following treatment for capture myopathy. Fatty liver change was an important postmortem finding of captive adult houbara bustards. The main cause of death in juvenile houbara bustards was yolk-sac infection and septicemia. The most common causes of death in adult kori bustards (Ardeotis kori) were capture myopathy and handling injuries or euthanasia following these injuries. The most common causes of death in adult rufouscrested bustards (Eupodotis ruficrista) were post-transportation deaths in imported birds and trichomoniasis and trauma in captive birds. Juvenile rufous-crested bustards appeared to be highly susceptible to gizzard impactions and foreign-body obstructions of the gastrointestinal tract. Nutritional bone disease is an important disease of all juvenile bustards, particularly kori and houbara bustards. Aspergillosis was also a common postmortem finding in captive and imported adult houbara bustards and also caused mortality in juvenile kori and houbara bustards.
对1979年至1994年期间阿拉伯联合酋长国6种圈养和进口鸨类的236次尸检进行了回顾。成年进口白腹鸨（Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii）最常见的死亡原因是因新城疫、曲霉病实施安乐死以及运输后相关死亡。蠕虫寄生虫在进口白腹鸨中很常见，大量寄生虫负荷偶尔会导致肠梗阻和死亡。成年圈养白腹鸨最常见的死亡原因是与外伤相关的死亡以及因捕获性肌病治疗而实施安乐死或治疗后死亡。脂肪肝变化是成年圈养白腹鸨重要的尸检发现。幼年白腹鸨的主要死亡原因是卵黄囊感染和败血症。成年灰颈鹭鸨（Ardeotis kori）最常见的死亡原因是捕获性肌病、处理过程中的损伤或这些损伤后的安乐死。成年棕顶鸨（Eupodotis ruficrista）最常见的死亡原因是进口鸟类运输后死亡以及圈养鸟类的毛滴虫病和外伤。幼年棕顶鸨似乎极易患砂囊阻塞和胃肠道异物梗阻。营养性骨病是所有幼年鸨类的一种重要疾病，尤其是灰颈鹭鸨和白腹鸨。曲霉病也是圈养和进口成年白腹鸨常见的尸检发现，也导致幼年灰颈鹭鸨和白腹鸨死亡。
