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

CLINICAL SIGNS

In wasting form

• Woody appearance of the animal due to apparent wasting and loss of cutaneous elasticity

In nervous form (rule out rabies)

• Animal walks in circles, head-pushing, apparent blindness, aimless walking, vigorous licking of objects and skin, depraved appetite, chewing movements with salivation.