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Zoo Animal Health
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- 1Keepers role in animals health:Key role
Notice slight changes
Vet staff work closely with keepers
Also involved in handling and restraint - 2Managing painAssessing pain is difficult
Ethical duty to reduce pain
Given orally, topically or via inj
I/m drugs given via dart gun - 3Managing painAssessing pain is difficult
Ethical duty to reduce pain
Given orally, topically or via inj
I/m drugs given via dart gun - 4TreatmentCan be stressful - capture, restraint, procedure, reintro into group
May be better to leave animal alone
Vets and keepers carefully decide action taken
Alternatives used - meds in food - 59. Foot Care Most common issue in captive animals Check regularly for overgrowth, injuries, abscesses, cracks in hooves/soles10. Post Mortem
Cause of death may be infectious
Keeping records can identify long-term issues - 67. Vaccination No vaccs specifically designed for zoo animals Make do with vaccs from CA and LA8. Quarantine and Isolation
New stock: time depends on species
(Equids-30days, Primates-60-90days)
Sick stock: need adequate facilities, away from others, access - 75. Enclosure Design Safety, Injury Ventilation, Drainage Humidity, Lighting6. Regular health checks
Weight, Body score/condition
Eyes, nose, backend
Mouth, Teeth - 83. Parasite Control Endoparasites: Helminths (Nematodes, Platyhelminths, Cestodes, Trematodes) Ectoparasites: Flies, Lice, Fleas, Mites, Ticks4. Pest Control
Vectors - e.g. rats, mice, birds, insects, larger mammals
Face ethical problem - kill pests?
Using inhumane poisons
Traps - 9Preventative care: 1. Correct diet Should have correct nutrition Often keepers and vets will discuss nutrition To ensure good health2. Hygiene
Regular poo picking
Use of disinfectants in enclosure
Use of power hoses should be minimal
Washing/sanitising hands & equipment - 10Health and Safety of StaffHealth & Safety Executive produced "Health and Safety for Zoos"
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/web15.pdf - 11Stress causes immunosuppression Fighting between animals Wrong diet, Disease from pests Ill health from foreign objects Visitors littering Genetic diseasesCould be argued they have better health than wild:
Preventative medicine
Veterinary treatment
Better diet
No risk of predation - 128. TPR Need to know normal for species Changes from normal indicate ill healthZoo Health can be compromised
v. little research on poor enclosure effect on health
Assumed it does - physically and mentally - 136. Obvious signs of pain 2 Breathing - shallow, tachypnoea, dyspnoea Twitching, muscle spasm, straining Lethargic, depression Sleeplessness, lying motionless7. Changes in colour/appearance of mm
Should be pink in mouth
Pale - anaemia
Blue - low 02 in blood - 145. Vomiting Not all species can V+ When does animals V+ - after food, after water, certain time Any blood present in V+6. Obvious signs of pain
Changes in posture, gait (freq)
Vocalisation, Aggression
Licking, biting, chewing, grinding teeth
Rolling, kicking, restlessness - 153. Change in faeces and urine Hard F+, straining-constipation Loose F+-diarrhoea Changes in colour-cloudy Amount produced4. Posture and gait
Hunched, lameness
Grinding teeth, shifting weight
Unwilling to stand or move - 16How can health be assessed? 1. Loss of appetite/reduced water intake Can be difficult to monitor in group Observe at 'feeding times' Monitor weight, lethargy2. Changes in behaviour
Isolation from group
Changes from normal
Coughing
Shaky on feet - 17What is 'good health'?Animals may not always show poor health - prey species
Good health requires regular monitoring (of body measurements)
Examining records could indicate disease - 18LawsAnimal Welfare Act 2006
Zoo Licensing Act 1981
SSSMZP
Animal Health Act 2002 (have to report notifiable disease to DEFRA)
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