Examining a dead bird: what a technician looks at, notes and photographs for the vet
A dead bird is the most precise document the vet has, provided it arrives fresh, well chosen and well described. Too often he receives a frozen carcass, picked up the day before, with no age and no figures, and a message that says "they are dying". This lesson trains the technician's eye: what he looks at on the outside and, if the vet asks, on the inside; what he notes in simple, exact words; how he photographs so that a picture is useful. One rule runs through the whole lesson: we describe, we do not diagnose, we do not treat.
14 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006This lesson is part of Level 9 — Advanced health: understand, prevent, monitor. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 8 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
- ✓Choose, keep and handle the dead or sick birds intended for the vet in complete safety
- ✓Carry out a methodical external examination, from head to vent, and note it in exact words
- ✓Recognise, at the vet's request, the main organs and describe what is seen without concluding
- ✓Photograph and fill in an observation sheet that can be used remotely