Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine

Restraining of Wild Animals means the control of wild animal which may be in trapped or freely moving status by using various restraints.

In general zoological gardens, Parks, Corporation zoos seem like natural places to encounter a wide variety of zoonotic diseases.

Hygiene and sanitation in zoo is important because stray dogs, cats, rodents, snails and insects transmit various diseases both in active and passive manners. Hence, a strict control is to be made on the breeding and elimination of them within the zoo premises, to the possible extent.

Public health is very important in a zoo and wild animal setup to prevent zoonotic diseases. Various procedure are performed by veterinarians team to maintain public health.

The housing of wild animals is one of the important criteria to be observed in case of wild animals in order to have a successful breeding potential and to have a comfortable living conditions under captive conditions maintained in zoos, zoological parks, zoological gardens etc.

Ethology (Animal Behaviour) Ethology means the study of animal Behaviour. Heini Hediger was the first scientist called as the “Father of Zoo Biology”, who emphasized the need of application of ethology to captive wild animal management. Causation of Ethology (Animal Behaviour) There are two types of causations- Proximate causation and Ultimate causation. Distance and Space

Controlled breeding and assisted reproduction in zoo is gaining more significance now a days and is being considered as one of the significant factor linked to effective conservation of different wild animal species belonging to various taxonomical classes.

Various projects related to breeding of wild and zoo Animals were established towards better breeding aspects of the selected wild animal species.

Breeding and Reproduction of Zoo Animals is a very important step in managing effective population and provision of resources in a controlled manner.

There is various species specialities could be seen in a zoo for Bears, otters, mongoose and for endangered wild animals.