Kansas City Zoo photo gallery: Tour the zoo hospital
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Treatment board
The treatment board is filled with treatment orders on everything from cranes to sea lions to rat snakes. Note on the far end that there is an appreciation statement area for jobs well done.
Filing system
Filing systems for a zoo must be quite a bit different than a traditional veterinary hospital.
Isolation and quarantine
This is the isolation and quarantine hall, where newly arrived zoo residents are monitored for signs of disease for a period of time before being placed in with other animals. Note the disinfecting footbaths at every door and the entrance to the hall. There were also footbaths like this at every entrance to every animal enclosure.
Treatment and surgery
Treatment room in the foreground, surgical suite in the background.
Digital radiography machine
The Kansas City Zoo's digital radiography unit.
Large-animal anesthetic machine
A large animal-anesthetic machine at the Kansas City Zoo.
Blood collection tubes
A plethora of blood collection tubes. No need to search for that gorilla-sized ACD solution tube. Multiple types and sizes of colored-topped tubes leave the team prepared for any number of specimens that need to be collected.
The complete package
Back to the "Day in the life of a zoo veterinarian" home page
Three-part blog about the zoo encounter
Immobilization and exam for Zuri the lion
Video: An ounce of prevention - examining a lion
Photo galleries of Zuri and her caretakers:
> Meet Zuri, a 5-year-old lioness
> Procedures performed on Zuri
> Dr. Meredith Wainstein's first patient as a resident
A typical day for two zoo veterinarians
Video: A typical day at the zoo hospital
Photo gallery: Tour the zoo hospital
Video: Gorillas and goats - all in a day's work
Practicing high-quality medicine
Video: Preventive medicine at the zoo
Video: Technical innovations benefit zoo animals
Challenges at the zoo
Video: The challenges of practicing veterinary medicine in a zoo
Video: The most difficult animal
All animals treated equally
Communication strategies
Video: Easy team communication - take a cue from this zoo tech
Video: Communication and zookeepers as clients
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