L2: Comparison between Domestic & Wild Animal Medicine Flashcards
1
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Domestic VS Wild Animals
A
- Species
- Environment & habitat
- Physiology
- Behavior & temperament
- Management
2
Q
Domestic VS Zoo & Wildlife Vet Med
A
- Professional training
- Experience
- Resources: Man power, materials
- Physiological data
- Technology
- Demand
3
Q
Materials Available
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- Homemade vs commercial
- Hardware vs medical equipment
- High end technologies for veterinary use
4
Q
Case Studies:
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- Patagiectomy in Lesser Adjutant
: homemade splint (made from shampoo bottle and cable tie: water proof, firm, no cutting edges) - Commercial splint: expensive and not practical for use in birds - Splint applied after patagiectomy (method of preventing flight in captive birds) - 3m post-op sx: Wing no longer droopy - Beak trimming in Buffy Fish-owl
: Hardware tools: circular saw and file - Ultrasonography in Orang Utan
: ultrasound machine - Radiography in Chimpanzee
: Portable x-ray machine
5
Q
Disease detection & Treatment in Domestic Animals
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- Annual medical examination, annual vaccine booster,
tick bath, deworming - Tame, easy to approach & spot abnormalities
- Vast studies : physiology, behavior
- Controlled situation
- Complete diagnostic workup
- Easy administration of medicine
6
Q
Disease detection & Treatment of Zoo & Wild Animals
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- Thorough health check unfeasible
- Hide illness, usually severe/chronic
- Recumbent => grave to poor prognosis
- Not approachable
- Anaesthesia: high risk (sickness, weak)
- Body weight & dosages - estimation
- Unknown & unpredictable outcome
- Partial/zero history
- Time constraint => Incomplete workup
- Medication: parenteral
oral – inaccurate, wastage
(unless animal trained for direct administration) - Herd: prevent cross infection
- Isolation – night stall, may cause stress
- Treatment area contaminated – field
- STRESS => DEATH
7
Q
Zoo & Wildlife Vet Med
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- Challenge
- Vast opportunities for studies & research
