An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh

Fatalities among avian species due to multiple bee stings are rare. Sixteen pigeons on a farm in Bangladesh each suffered multiple bee stings. Ten of the pigeons died before treatment, 5 (4–11 stings) died within 12 hr after treatment, and 1 pigeon (only 3 stings) survived. Body temperature, heart r...

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Autores principales: RAHMAN, Md. Mahbubur, LEE, Sei-Jin, KIM, Gi-Beum, YANG, Dong Kwon, ALAM, Md. Rafiqul, KIM, Shang-Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2015
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Toxicology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26028022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0183
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author RAHMAN, Md. Mahbubur
LEE, Sei-Jin
KIM, Gi-Beum
YANG, Dong Kwon
ALAM, Md. Rafiqul
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description Fatalities among avian species due to multiple bee stings are rare. Sixteen pigeons on a farm in Bangladesh each suffered multiple bee stings. Ten of the pigeons died before treatment, 5 (4–11 stings) died within 12 hr after treatment, and 1 pigeon (only 3 stings) survived. Body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, hematocrit, hemoglobin, erythrocytes, thrombocytes, MCV, MCH and MCHC decreased significantly after the incident, but leucocytes, heterophils, basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, ALT, AST, LDH, CK, creatinine, BUN and UA increased markedly. Overall, the hematological and biochemical changes in the bee-stung pigeons were similar to those of mammals; however, avian species may be more sensitive to bee stings than mammals.
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spelling pubmed-46676692015-12-03 An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh RAHMAN, Md. Mahbubur LEE, Sei-Jin KIM, Gi-Beum YANG, Dong Kwon ALAM, Md. Rafiqul KIM, Shang-Jin J Vet Med Sci Toxicology Fatalities among avian species due to multiple bee stings are rare. Sixteen pigeons on a farm in Bangladesh each suffered multiple bee stings. Ten of the pigeons died before treatment, 5 (4–11 stings) died within 12 hr after treatment, and 1 pigeon (only 3 stings) survived. Body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, hematocrit, hemoglobin, erythrocytes, thrombocytes, MCV, MCH and MCHC decreased significantly after the incident, but leucocytes, heterophils, basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, ALT, AST, LDH, CK, creatinine, BUN and UA increased markedly. Overall, the hematological and biochemical changes in the bee-stung pigeons were similar to those of mammals; however, avian species may be more sensitive to bee stings than mammals. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2015-06-01 2015-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4667669/ /pubmed/26028022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0183 Text en ©2015 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
spellingShingle Toxicology
RAHMAN, Md. Mahbubur
LEE, Sei-Jin
KIM, Gi-Beum
YANG, Dong Kwon
ALAM, Md. Rafiqul
KIM, Shang-Jin
An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh
title An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh
title_full An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh
title_fullStr An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh
title_short An accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in Bangladesh
title_sort accidental fatal attack on domestic pigeons by honey bees in bangladesh
topic Toxicology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26028022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0183
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