Pecking Injury of the Eye By a Hen: A Case Report.

Abstract

Injuries to the human eye by the pecking of birds are very rare. However, apart from the dangerous ocular infections e.g. with chlamydiae psittaci which pet birds can transmit to human beings, there is also the potential for serious ocular injury when they attack human beings. In this paper, I have reported a case of a pecking eye injury by a hen in a 3 year old Gambian boy.


[Jnl College of Medicine Vol.7(1) 2002: 33-34]