VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

Immuno-globulins as preventive medicine based gadget

IMMUNO-GLOBULINS AS PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

• Environmental pathogens do the considerable risk to the new born wild animals like wild felid species. These wild animal species are generally at the greater risk due to the failure of passive transfer of these antibodies, if the young ones are rejected before receiving the colostrums. This is especially true with the underweight and weak neonates or the ones that are unable to compete with the others for feeding.
• Collection and long –term storage of serum and or plasma from all exotics that have breeding potential is recommended as a source for supplemental IgG.
• Also, screen the potential donors against the commonly encountered diseases in the concerned species.