Falconry Exam - Section 6 – Health Exam Latest Version 2024/2025 Expert-Verified Q&As

Your bird is at the low end of its flying weight, so you feed him a large meal. The next day he still has a crop and foul smelling breath. You recognize this as sour crop. Your first treatment should be . . . a. extract the contents of the crop b. contact your avian veterinarian immediately and inform your sponsor c. administer IV antibiotics d. Ancobon - ANS »»» Ans. b . True or false: Hippoboscids are dangerous to hawks. - ANS »»» Ans. True Hippoboscids are blood sucking parasites. Large numbers can create anemia and they are known to transmit haemoproteus (intracellular parasites that infect the red blood cells) and West Nile Virus. Birds with Hippoboscids should be treated immediately. . The best treatment for maggots (miasis) is... a. saline in the ears b. Furacin c. Vionate d. Piperazine - ANS »»» Ans. a While occasionally fatal to naturally-raised young, maggots are easily cleared from the ears of young hawks taken by a falconer. A few drops of saline will cause them to forsake the ear cavity and they can be readily removed and destroyed. The ear canal can be filled with saline solution and the maggots will float to the surface. Use forceps to carefully pick them out. . As soon as possible after taking a nestling raptor, its ears should be inspected for... a. hearing ability b. maggots c. feather growth in that area d. castings - ANS »»» Ans. b All eyases should be inspected for maggots (miasis) in the ears. The parasite is especially common in Cooper's Hawks in the southern part of their range, caused by the screwworm fly. It is also common in young Red-tailed Hawks. . True or false. Bird lice can kill a healthy raptor - ANS »»» Ans. False Avian lice are usually not a parasite of serious concern. Healthy birds are able to groom off the lice and can resist an over abundance. Ill birds can become infested. Most lice feed on feathers and skin debris but some lice feed on quills and may chew into the skin. Treatment is usually through dustings or sprays. Ivermectin may also be used. . The preferred treatment for tapeworm infestation is... a. Ancoban b. Enheptin c. Vitamin C d. Praziquantel - ANS »»» Ans. d Cestodes (tapeworms) are segmented flat worms which are usually low in prevalence and low in pathogenicity, but in high number they can cause intestinal obstruction in high numbers. Rodents are the intermediate host of the tapeworm and small rice-like segments can sometimes be seen in the bird's droppings. Treatment is Praziquantel, a drug that expels cestodes from the intestine. When a hawk's mutes become watery and there is no increase or loss in appetite, an infestation of roundworm is the likely culprit. Tapeworm segments can also sometimes be seen in the bird's mutes. Fortunately, tapeworms can be effectively controlled with proper veterinary care . Parasites visible in mutes without a microscope may include... a. capillaria b. roundworm c. tapeworm d. both b and c - ANS »»» Ans. d Tapeworms are common in hawks. They are not responsible for disease unless they are present in very large numbers, and even then, they usually only result in a loss of weight or condition. Their segments (proglottids) are readily seen in the mutes and hence most falconers feel obliged to treat them. . A good treatment for roundworms in a raptor's digestive tract is... a. Tetracycline b. Enheptin c. Piperazine. Fenbendazole (Panacur) d. Furacin - ANS »»» Ans. c A number of species of roundworm