Frequency of primary causes of admission and statistical comparison between Strigiformes and Falconiformes orders.

<p>CI: confidence interval. ns: no statistical significance (p>0.05). na: not applicable. MBD, metabolic bone diseases. Others:</p><p>a, manure heaps, bad weather;</p><p>b, rest of diagnoses grouped by organic systems such as musculoskeletal, digestive, nervous, integument, and ocular diseases;</p><p>c, mycobacteriosis, helminthiasis, mites, abscess.</p

Number of cases and frequency distribution by primary causes of admission and species.

<p>Number of cases and frequency distribution by primary causes of admission and species.</p

Statistical descriptive of time that animals were keep in the rehabilitation centre until the final disposition.

<p>P₁₀, P₅₀, P₇₅, P₉₀: percentiles 10, 50 (or median), 75 and 90; N/A, not applicable (just one case).</p

Different causes of admissions during the period 1995–2007 (number of cases).

<p>Only causes with significant statistical tendency are represented.</p

Description of the number and percentage of raptor cases according to the final disposition and clinical signs presented at the admission at the wildlife rehabilitation centre.

*<p>Included all cases with other clinical signs not classified in any of the described categories.</p

Admissions of birds of prey stratifying by raptor order, age and sex, yearly distributed along the period 1995-2007.

<p>Admissions of birds of prey stratifying by raptor order, age and sex, yearly distributed along the period 1995-2007.</p

Resolution rates of euthanized (Er), dead (Mr), released (Rr) and captive (Cr) raptors relative to the overall population, the principal cause of the admission and the clinical signs.

<p>Resolution rates of euthanized (Er), dead (Mr), released (Rr) and captive (Cr) raptors relative to the overall population, the principal cause of the admission and the clinical signs.</p

Seasonal incidence rate values of the different raptors species admitted during the 12 years of the study.

a<p>Total number of admissions at the center during the period of the study.</p>b<p>Estimation of resident population (individuals) of the region during the wintering and breeding seasons according to the Catalan wintering bird Atlas 2009 and the Catalan breeding bird Atlas 1999-2002. Post-nuptial migration population is highly fluctuant and is not considered.</p>c<p>Seasonal cumulative incidence (SCI) cases per 1000 animal/year =  [(total season cases^a/estimated season population^b)* 1000]/12.</p>d<p>Number of individuals. Estimated population at the breeding season was calculated from the number of pairs multiplied by the number of chicks.</p><p>*Only species with at least up to 100 cases are represented in the table.</p><p>W =  Wintering period; B =  Breeding period.</p

Intra-year distribution of primary causes of admission at the wildlife center according to seasonal periods (cases registered from 1995 to 2007).

<p>Intra-year distribution of primary causes of admission at the wildlife center according to seasonal periods (cases registered from 1995 to 2007).</p

Frequency of admission in the rehabilitation centre and demographic data of raptors included in the study during the period 1995-2007.

<p>*F/M, female/male ratio.</p