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

REASONS FOR THE INCREASE OF POPULATION IN A ZOO

• Adaptation of good treatment of diseases / disorders if any found in a systematic manner.
• Adaptation of due prophylactic measures against the probable diseases .
• Enrichment of feeding is always done regularly in zoos .
• Absence of predators in a zoo atmosphere, unlike the conditions prevailing in the wild.
• Lesser mortality due to the enhancement in health care measures .