This document is to report the clinical application and outcome of custom designed Intraosseous Transcutaneous Amputation Prosthesis (ITAP) in the left hind limb in a wildlife Arabian Tahr (). A 4-year-old, 15 kg Arabian female Tahr from the Omani Mammals Breeding Center. The distal aspect of the left tibia was amputated due to trauma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Arabian leopard () is critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with an effective population of 150-250 across its entire range in the Arabian Peninsula. Isolation and preservation of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells is beneficial both for medical and research purposes. The optimal protocol for collection, handling, culturing and preserving the Arabian leopard mesenchymal stem cells acquired from bone marrow was established.
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