Modification of Domestic Animal Lameness Scales for Use in Asiatic Black Bears .

Lameness in animals is a welfare concern as it can be an indicator of pain. A standardized bear lameness scale would significantly improve the ability of facilities that house bears to monitor, manage, and treat lameness in their animals. The Animals Asia bear rescue center in Vietnam holds over 180 rescued bears with varying health and mobility conditions as a result of the illegal bear bile trade, and a reliable lameness assessment system was needed.

Early-life behavioral features are associated with chronic emesis in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).

Chronic emesis (CE) is a poorly understood condition in human and nonhuman primates that negatively impacts the quality of life. Early identification of risk factors for the development of CE is likely to improve the ability to manage CE cases successfully and is, therefore, desirable. Using a case-control study, we reviewed the necropsy records of the California National Primate Research Center and identified 24 animals with recorded CE, defined as five or more incidents of emesis in 1 month.

Training Surgical Residents Utilizing an Animal Shelter Fracture Program.

Working relationships between veterinary medical teaching hospitals, animal shelters, and rescue groups are one way to increase veterinary students' and residents' hands-on training. The goal of this study is to describe the use of a shelter fracture program to improve the surgical skills of surgical residents. In this program, the participating shelter and rescue organizations electronically submit cases.

SURGICAL AND POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISEASE IN A MOUNTAIN COATI () USING BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL THERAPY.

A captive 8-yr-old female mountain coati, , presented with intermittent paresis of the pelvic limbs. The coati was anesthetized for radiographs, which showed mineralized discs in the thoracolumbar region. After 3 mo of daily prednisone, its condition further declined.