Table 2. Description of the number and percentage of raptor cases according to the final disposition and clinical signs presented at the admission at the wildlife rehabilitation centre.
Primary clinical signs | Total | Euthanasia | Mortality | Release | Captivity | ||||
N | n | Rate (%) | n | Rate (%) | n | Rate (%) | n | Rate (%) | |
Infectious and parasitic | 42 | 10 | 23.8 | 28 | 66.7 | 3 | 7.1 | 1 | 2.4 |
Endocrine/nutritional/metabolic | 862 | 32 | 3.7 | 355 | 41.2 | 466 | 54.1 | 9 | 1.0 |
Behavioural abnormalities | 82 | 6 | 7.3 | 16 | 19.5 | 47 | 57.3 | 13 | 15.9 |
Nervous system | 324 | 45 | 13.9 | 209 | 64.5 | 67 | 20.7 | 3 | 0.9 |
Eye and adnexa | 206 | 29 | 14.1 | 70 | 34.0 | 96 | 46.6 | 11 | 5.3 |
Respiratory system | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 52.6 | 7 | 36.8 | 2 | 10.5 |
Digestive system | 75 | 4 | 5.3 | 39 | 52.0 | 29 | 38.7 | 3 | 4.0 |
Skin and subcutis | 679 | 219 | 32.3 | 166 | 24.4 | 273 | 40.2 | 21 | 3.1 |
Musculoeskeletal system | 2110 | 799 | 37.9 | 751 | 35.6 | 456 | 21.6 | 104 | 4.9 |
Multi-organic trauma | 19 | 1 | 5.3 | 8 | 42.1 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Healthy | 1610 | 8 | 0.5 | 157 | 9.8 | 1432 | 88.9 | 13 | 0.8 |
Others* | 193 | 38 | 19.7 | 94 | 48.7 | 53 | 27.5 | 8 | 4.1 |
Included all cases with other clinical signs not classified in any of the described categories.