General Giraffe Medicine
This is often a cause of urinary problems in male giraffe.
What is crystalluria?
This anatomical structure should be maintained at approximately 30 degrees, and changed every 30-45mins during anaesthesia.
What is neck angle?
Oblique radiographic views are often necessary to diagnose this condition.
What is dental disease?
This immunoglobulin has a serum half life of 3 weeks.
What is IgG?
This insensitive part of the hoof requires maintenance to prevent overgrowth and subsequent negative implications to internal structures.
What is the capsule?
This results in dry and mucus covered feces.
What is slow gastrointestinal passage?
This is the approximate mean arterial pressure of a standing awake giraffe.
What is 200mmHg?
This technique is best for diagnosing pneumonia in an adult giraffe.
What is thoracic ultrasound?
Aside from globulin, this routinely monitored parameter was noted to have high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for the detection of FPT in giraffe calves.
What is total solids?
This can be applied to the solar surface of a hoof in the event an acute P3 fracture.
What is an epoxy shoe?
This type of epithelial neoplasia has been reported in giraffe.
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
This alphabet letter shaped entrapment risk must be critically evaluated and mitigated in all giraffe habitats.
What is a Y shaped entrapment?
This is the number of radiographs required for a full diagnostic series of the distal limb.
What is 7 images?
This is the median time by which most healthy calves will nurse.
What is 4 hours?
These structures provide blood supply and nutrition to internal.
What is corium?
6% of animals affected by this skeletal abnormality.
What is the proportion of jaw fractures?
This is required to protect pressure points, and provide adequate traction during anaesthesia.
What is appropriate/ anti-slip substrate?
Zoo managed animals as young as 7 years of age are reported to have this in at least one foot if not getting regular hoof trims
What is distal interphalangeal joint osteoarthritis?
This is the time at which the GI typically closes due to a delayed first feeding.
What is 36 hours?
This degree of hoof capsule distortion and above, requires veterinary involvement in the management plan
What is grade 3 distortion?
These cells are important in helping to prevent pneumonia and sepsis.
What are pulmonary intravascular macrophages?
This is one of the most time sensitive rescue emergencies of giraffe.
What is splay?
This weight bearing radiographic view highlights the solar border of the medial digit.
What is dorso-medial palmero-lateral oblique view?
This mammary product provides IgA to the local gut at a continued level.
What is transition milk?
This phrase describes how you should plan to trim tissues vs. using radiographs or other methods.
What is 'read the tissues'?