NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE OF 10 HOSPITALIZED GIRAFFE CALVES (GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS) REQUIRING HAND-REARING
| Autor: | Peter Brewer, Claire E Dixon, Melissa R. Mazan, Melissa M. Restifo, S. Emmanuelle Knafo, Daniela Bedenice |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty 040301 veterinary sciences medicine.medical_treatment Passive immunity 030308 mycology & parasitology 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Intensive care Medicine media_common.cataloged_instance media_common 0303 health sciences Creatinine General Veterinary biology business.industry Retrospective cohort study 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Diarrhea Masai giraffe chemistry Colostrum Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom business Giraffa camelopardalis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 52 |
| ISSN: | 1042-7260 |
| DOI: | 10.1638/2019-0021 |
| Popis: | This retrospective case series describes the clinicopathologic findings, diagnoses, treatment, and outcomes of 10 hand-reared newborn giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) calves admitted to a university teaching hospital for intensive care. Ten calves (five males, five females; nine reticulated giraffes [Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata], one Masai giraffe [G. c. tippelskirchi]), were admitted under 2 days of age. Inadequate transfer of passive immunity was suspected in 5 of 10 calves based on assessment of serum total solids and globulin values. These calves were treated with oral frozen bovine colostrum and/or intravenous hyperimmune bovine plasma. Diarrhea occurred in 6 of 10 calves and was managed with supportive care, fecal microbiota transplantation, and limiting milk intake (offering 10% body weight [BW] in milk per day, while feeding 5 mmol/L; n = 8) and hypercreatininemia (creatinine > 2.0 mg/dl, n = 7) were the most common presenting laboratory abnormalities, which resolved with intravenous fluid therapy. All neonatal giraffes survived to discharge after a median hospitalization of 9.5 days (range, 5-37 days) and were successfully hand-reared at their place of birth. In conclusion, neonatal giraffe calves can be intensively managed in a hospital environment. Diarrhea was a common clinical problem and can be related to feeding regimens. Intravenous hyperimmune bovine plasma infusion was well tolerated to manage failure of transfer of passive immunity in calves with inadequate colostrum administration. The current study supports that compromised neonatal giraffe calves may carry an excellent prognosis after early, intensive intervention. |
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