These captive geese were also bred in captivity. As a consequence, their descendents do not have biological need to migrate to Canada since geese nest in the area where they were born. The near extinction of Canada geese populations - Creating the current conflict.
Primary skeletal involvement is rare [4]. We are reporting one such case of symptomatic congenital syphilis that presented with skeletal manifestations soon after birth, a rare finding in literature [5].
Syphilis of joints may occur in most stages of congenital and acquired syphilis. Diagnosis is materially assisted by concomitant signs or symptoms of syphilis and blood serological and cerebrospinal fluid tests. The latter are invariably positive in the early stages but are not so reliable in late syphilitic lesions, being positive in only about 50 percent of these cases.