Wildlife Medicine Flashcards
start of WM01
list the 6 stages of processing a wildlife casualty
- initial location, capture and translocation
- exam and assessment for rehabilitation
- first aid and stabilisation
- treatment
- recuperation and rehab
- release
what is the main zoonotic risk with bats?
rabies (EBLV 1 & 2)
what is the main zoonotic risk with foxes
mange caused by Sarcoptes scabei
what is the main zoonotic risk with badgers?
TB
what are the main zoonotic risks with hedgehogs
- Salmonella
- Trichophyton
what are the main zoonotic risks with seals?
- seal pox
- seal finger (mycoplasma)
name 9 animals which are established in the wild but may not be liberated, or allowed to escape from captivity
(Schedule 9 of Wildlife and Countryside Act)
- Canada goose
- Barn owl
- Grey squirrel
- Munjac deer
- Wallabies
- Black swans
- Ring-necked parakeets
- Mink
- Sika deer
what temperature incubator should birds be kept in?
29-30 C
what temperature incubator should mammals be kept in
21 C
name the part of the wing injured based on the presentation
wing tip skewed upwards
shoulder injury
name the part of the wing injured based on the presentation
wing held out from body and slightly dropped
humerus/radius/ulna injury
name the part of the wing injured based on the presentation
tip of wing dropped;
may drag on ground
carpus distally
start of WM02
what type of analgesia is usually given to birds?
Butorphanol (1-4 mg/kg IM)
or Meloxicam (0.5mg/kg sid PO, SC)
name the type of release
this is when the animal is released back where found, within a relatively short timescale;
used in adults maily where animal does not need to acclimatise to the area/surroundings
hard release
name the type of release
animal is allowed time to adapt to new surroundings and feed stations provided;
used in hand-reared juvenile animals;
once acclimatised within an enclosure, door is opened allowing animal to escape but also return
soft release
name the cause of weight loss, general debility
spores ubiquitous;
intercurrent disease;
acute cases: CNS signs, liver failure, URT disease;
chronic cases: air sacculitis, weight loss, weakness;
diagnose on radiography/endoscopy
Aspergillus
what is the treatment for lead toxicity?
- fluid therapy
- chelation therapy
