To rescue a secretary bird is no administrative task

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Van Blerk, Chris
Koeppel, Katja Natalie

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Recently a juvenile Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) was found collapsed in the Mabula Private Game Reserve by a ranger. Members of the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project NPO collected it and rushed it through to the Faculty's Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital's (OVAH) veterinary wildlife clinic. Apart from being collapsed it was severely dehydrated. With veterinary wildlife specialist, Prof Katja Koeppel in the lead, the bird was stabilised and the team ran some basic blood tests.

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News article with colour photos about what's happening at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.
Originally published on the University of Pretoria's website

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Faculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage of, Secretary bird -- Mabula Private Game Reserve, Sagittarius serpentarius, Wildlife conservation -- South Africa

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