PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Field, Cara Lisa
AU  - MacLean, Robert A
AU  - Grillo, James F
TI  - Treatment of snakebite envenomation in sandhill cranes (<em>Grus canadensis</em>)
AID  - 10.1136/vetreccr-2016-000323
DP  - 2016 Apr 01
TA  - Veterinary Record Case Reports
PG  - e000323
VI  - 4
IP  - 1
4099  - http://vetrecordcasereports.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000323.short
4100  - http://vetrecordcasereports.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000323.full
SO  - Vet Rec Case Rep2016 Apr 01; 4
AB  - Envenomation of people and animals by snakes in the Viperidae family occurs commonly throughout the USA; however, envenomation of birds is rarely reported. Between 2009 and 2011, four sandhill cranes in a Louisiana breeding colony were bitten by venomous snakes. All suffered varying degrees of soft tissue trauma, oedema and tissue necrosis associated with the injury. All four were treated with supportive care and crotalid antivenom. None developed neurological symptoms during or subsequent to treatment, and each crane made a full recovery over the following weeks. As with other species, supportive care is essential in treatment of venomous snakebites and antivenom appears to be a safe and likely beneficial treatment in sandhill cranes.