| Abstract: | Fatalities among avian species due to multiple bee stings are rare. Sixteen pigeons on afarm in Bangladesh each suffered multiple bee stings. Ten of the pigeons died beforetreatment, 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 biochemicalchanges in the bee-stung pigeons were similar to those of mammals; however, avian speciesmay be more sensitive to bee stings than mammals. |
