Zoo InternQuest Goes to the Hospital!
Posted at 3:22 pm March 10, 2009 by Callie
Dr. Jenny Waldoch shows us the surgical room in state-of-the-art Paul Harter Veterinary Medical Center at the Wild Animal Park. To me, the most fascinating aspect of the hospital is the track along the ceiling that can transport heavy objects such as the x-ray machine or a very large animal!
The Hospital lab contains four extremely cold fridges that hold serum from all animals that have been tested. Some of those blood samples date back to the 1980s!
The veterinarians must shoot anesthetic-filled darts at animals in need of treatment or surgery. Clara practices her aim as she shoots a dart at a nearby hoofstock decoy.
There are a series of outdoor stalls at the hospital used for recovering patients, on our visit one was occupied by a zebra calf and its mother. The veterinarians try to keep the babies with their mothers as much as possible, so when this little zebra needed medical attention, its mother was brought in as well.
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