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86  SECTION I  III  The Birds


                    disease and posttraumatic arteriovenous fi stulas, the   III BROKEN OR MISSING FEATHERS
                    necessary catheterization skills needed to perform
                    such a procedure require a great deal of practice, espe-  Broken or missing feathers are regularly seen in wild

                    cially if the manipulated vasculature is to be preserved   birds that prove fully flight capable, although a non-
                    and not merely ligated. As far as I am aware, the radio-  conforming feather or feathers will create drag, which
                    graphic diagnosis of nerve injury in the wings of birds   will require some corrective measure in the opposite
                    has not been reported.                               wing. It is safe to say that some feathers are more criti-
                                                                         cal than others, at least as far as fl ight is concerned.




















































































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