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Thyroid hyperplasia in a saker falcon (Falco cherrug) |
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| Authors: | M. A. Rahim O. Bakhiet Amel M. F. Hussein |
| Affiliation: | 1. Fahad Bin Sultan Falcon Center, P.O. Box 240055, Riyadh, 11322, Saudi Arabia 2. College of Veterinary Medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum North, Sudan 3. Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Abstract: | An adult female saker falcon (Falco cherrug) presented to our falcon medical and research hospital with intermittent regurgitation, dyspnea, and squawking sound. Physical, radiographic, and endoscopic examination revealed a markedly enlarged thyroid gland. Hematological and blood biochemical results were within normal ranges apart from a slight increase in creatinine phosphokinase and aspartate aminotransferase. Cytological evaluation of fine-needle aspirate from the enlarged gland showed few RBCs and cellular debris. Neither inflammatory nor neoplastic cells were found. The condition was diagnosed clinically as unilateral thyroid hyperplasia, a condition which has not been previously reported in saker falcons. |
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