Open AccessZoo animals' disease pattern in a university zoological garden, Ibadan, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe,
Olajumoke A. Morenikeji,
Theophilus Aghogho Jarikre
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(15)60991-4
Subject(s) - veterinary medicine , enteritis , pasteurellosis , pasteurella multocida , wildlife , outbreak , medicine , biology , pathology , ecology , bacteria , gastroenterology , genetics
Objective: To investigate wildlife diseases in Nigeria spanning across 20 years, highlighting\udvarious conditions diagnosed in zoo/wild animals using conventional and ancillary pathological\udtechniques.\udMethods: The animals were closely examined for signs of illness by the attending veterinarian\udand clinical samples were taken as appropriate. Carcasses were submitted for detailed necropsy\udby the experienced pathologists and diagnostic samples were taken for cytological, microbial\udisolation, parasitic identification and histopathology.\udResults: Between 1991 and 2014 about 262 carcasses of zoo animals were presented for\udpostmortem comprising ruminants (12.2%), primates (16.8%), carnivores (11.5%), reptiles\ud(20.6%), Equidae (4.2%), rodents (5%) and aviary (29.7%). Pasteurellosis and other forms\udof respiratory diseases were common in ruminants; pneumonia, trichuriasis and dndocarditis\udwere common in primates; tuberculosis and helminthiasis (ancylostomiasis) were common\udin carnivores; enteritis and impaction were common in reptiles; cholera, salmonellosis and\udNewcastle diseases were common in aviary.\udConclusions: It is important to know the causes of death in zoo animals and wildlife for\udpurposes of preservation and conservation