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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2018 , Volume 6, Issue 5
Page No. : 452-456
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6963
Survey on Surgical Interventions with Special Reference to Prevalence of Wounds in Captive Wild Animals of Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata^
Majie, A. K.1*, Jayathangaraj, M. G.2, Palanivelrajan, M.3, Ghosh, S. K.4 and Banerjee, D. N.5
1Veterinary Officer, Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata-700027 2Professor, Department of Wildlife science, TANUVAS, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai 600007 3Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife science, TANUVAS, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai 4Assistant Director, (Veterinary Research & Investigation) Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata-700027 5Veterinary Officer, Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata-700027 ^This Article is Part of Project Work of Arnab Kumar Majie for PGDWADM Submitted to the DDE, TANUVAS
*Corresponding Author E-mail: majie.arnab@gmail.com
Received: 15.07.2018 | Revised: 21.08.2018 | Accepted: 28.08.2018
ABSTRACT
Modern zoos play an important role in conservation of wild animals. Occurrence of wounds and different minor surgical interventions are very common in zoo animals. Data related to surgical interventions(N= n + n1= 241) from March, 2009 to February, 2014 in Alipore zoological garden, Kolkata, India was collected from the available registers and analyzed after dividing into minor and major surgical interventions. The major surgical interventions (n = 8) were consisted of chronic vaginal prolapse management, caudectomy, tumour excision, fracture management. Similarly, the minor surgical interventions (n1 = 233) related to management of conditions like wounds and abscesses were documented in this study. Prevalence of wounds in mammals was 88.84%, 2.15% in reptiles and 9.01% in birds. Infighting injury and horn injury was very commonly observed etiology of wound in varied species of captive animals. Maggot infestation was also common in wounds irrespective of species. Recurrence as well as chronic wounds was evident in many species. Preventive measures suggested for reducing or preventing occurrence of wounds and other surgical diseases.
Key words: Captive wild animal, Surgical interventions, Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata, Wounds.
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Cite this article:
Majie, A.K., Jayathangaraj, M.G., Palanivelrajan, M., Ghosh, S.K. and Banerjee, D.N., Survey on Surgical Interventions With Special Reference to Prevalence of Wounds in Captive Wild Animals of Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 6(5): 452-456 (2018 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6963
