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

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND SANITATION RELATED WITH CARCASE DISPOSAL

• Glutaraldehyde shall be chosen for the disinfections processes after the disposal of the carcass, subsequent to the post- mortem. Anthrax affected carcass or suspected carcass should not be opened and the burial should be carried out atleast with two metre depth, with a sample spread-over of quicklime.
• It may be better to burry the carcass, together with the bedding and soil contaminated with discharge. If spore formation occurs (within few hours of exposure to air), strong-disinfectants may be used like Lysol (this should be in contact with spores for atleast 2days)or strong solution of formalin or sodium hydroxide at the strength of 5-10%.
• Burning by using a incinerator will be a better practice of disposal of carcass, since it avoids feeding of infected carcass by scavengers like hyena, jackals etc. and also helps to prevent the contamination of the environment in which other wild animals are confined.