28 03, 2020

Cataract Surgery in a Macaw Bird

2024-08-06T07:34:55-07:00March 28th, 2020|Avian|

With the significant help of our favorite veterinary ophthalmologist, the late Dr. Paul Jackson, along with our favorite human ophthalmologist, Dr Art Giebel, we removed a cataract from a species of bird called a Macaw. Paul helping us with a hawk from our Wildlife Program that has an injured eye Even wild birds like this pelican get cataracts We now work closely with Doug Esson at Veterinary Ophthalmic Consulting in Irvine, CA for our avian eye problems. Before we get on to this surgery, we would like to show you a picture of a beautiful wild Macaw that Dr. P took on

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