COVER ANNUAL REPORT 2008.psd - Zoo Negara
COVER ANNUAL REPORT 2008.psd - Zoo Negara
COVER ANNUAL REPORT 2008.psd - Zoo Negara
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Common Zebra<br />
Equus burchelli<br />
VETERINARY HOSPITAL<br />
The year saw some movement of staff of<br />
the Veterinary Hospital. The department<br />
is lead by Dr Mat Naim Ramli assisted by<br />
two veterinarians; Dr Muhammad Danial<br />
Felix and Dr Mohamed Reza Mohamed<br />
Tarmizi (who was also the assistant<br />
Curator of the Reptile section). Dr Reza<br />
INTERNAL LABORATORY WORK<br />
left us in March to join Singapore <strong>Zoo</strong>.<br />
Laboratory analysis conducted by<br />
Mohammad Khairul Na’im bin Norzahidi.<br />
Arulmani a/p Savarimuthu joined the <strong>Zoo</strong><br />
Veterinary Hospital in early 2008, as a<br />
keeper but had to leave due to ill health in<br />
October. Sukor Muhamad joined the <strong>Zoo</strong><br />
Veterinary Hospital on 25 th December as<br />
the senior keeper.<br />
ANIMALS TRANQUILIZED<br />
125 animals were tranquilized during the<br />
year as opposed to just 103 in 2007.<br />
Tranquilizations were mainly for annual<br />
physical checkups, sample collection,<br />
wound treatment and animal transfer<br />
within and outside the <strong>Zoo</strong>. Physical<br />
restraint is limited to small size and<br />
“conditioned” animals.<br />
1,575 samples were screened and only 26 animals (1.6%) were found to be burdened<br />
with Strongyles sp.<br />
Samples<br />
collected<br />
Numbers<br />
dewormed<br />
Percentage<br />
dewormed (%)<br />
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008<br />
1,677 2,845 2,115 2,148 1,575<br />
318<br />
EXTERNAL LABORATORY WORK<br />
550 441 439 26<br />
19 19 20 20 1.6<br />
External laboratory facilities used during the year were at the Petaling Jaya Regional<br />
Veterinary Laboratory, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Veterinary Research<br />
Institute (VRI), Federal Chemistry Department and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine<br />
at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).<br />
73 specimens were sent to external laboratories for further Avian Influenza, Leptospira<br />
sp., Salmonella sp. and other bacterial analysis during the year.<br />
MICROCHIP IDENTIFICATION<br />
The process of identifying animals using microchip is ongoing. 30 chips were<br />
implanted.To date,177 microchips were implanted, representing 3.5% of the total of<br />
specimens in the <strong>Zoo</strong> <strong>Negara</strong> collection.<br />
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