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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : (452) Last page : (456)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-6963

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