Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Proceedings of
Training Programme
Master Planning
of Zoos
• Control of parasitic diseases: parasitic infestations cause considerable
morbidity and mortality in zoo animals especially in young animals.
• As it is impossible to eliminate parasitic infestation in zoo animals, attempts
should always be made to keep the parasitic load below danger level.
• A de-worming schedule is usually practised in most of the indian zoos.
Health monitoring: zoo animals require keen day to day observations for
health monitoring. After detection of illness, diagnosis of disease followed
by suitable action by improving the management practices, appropriate
therapeutic measures or both can be taken. Animal keepers / caretakers have
to be trained for detection of illness, abnormal behaviour at the initial stage
and on principles of preventive medicine and environmental sanitation.
Zoo personnel health & hygiene: animal keepers are to be screened and
their health status monitored periodically during employment for infectious
diseases so that chances of infection from keeper to animal or vice versa
could be avoided or minimised.
Zoo veterinary hospital: should be properly equipped with facilities for
disease diagnosis, handling, restraining and treatment of sick animals.
Zoo Veterinary Hospital (ZVH) complex should have rooms for veterinarians
and other supporting staff
Diagnostic laboratory with required equipments and provisions
Operation theatre with all equipments and provisions
X-Ray room
Indoor facilities for sick animals with squeeze cages of different sizes
Medicine dispensing room
Store room
Rearing facilities for the mother rejected/orphaned zoo babies
ZVH Complex should be located away from quarantine-isolation wards,
postmortem room and carcass disposal complex in a suitable area of the zoo
premises.
Postmortem examination room and carcass disposal facilities
Postmortem room with proper equipments and provision for conducting
postmortem examination (PME) should be made available.
For carcass disposal after PME –There should be a special grave yard or an
incinerator for disposal of carcasses after PME to prevent the spread of infection.
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