Fourteen raptors, consisting of 13 great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) and one red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), from central and north central Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and eastern South Dakota (USA) were admitted to a raptor rehabilitation center between June 1992 and June 1995, with perisynovial and synovial chondromatosis affecting multiple joints. Birds were severely debilitated primarily due to loss of shoulder motion. The etiology of these lesions in raptors is unknown.
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1 January 1999
Synovial Chondromatosis in Raptors
Elizabeth G. Stone,
Mary M. Walser,
Patrick T. Redig,
Bret Rings,
David J. Howard
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 35 • No. 1
January 1999
Vol. 35 • No. 1
January 1999
Bubo virginianus
Buteo jamaicensis
case report
great horned owl
red-tailed hawk
Synovial chondromatosis