Veterinary Care

Wildlife Hospital

A small Zoo hospital is available in the Zoo Park. The facilities like treatment room, basic diagnostic equipment in Laboratory, operation theatre, in-patient ward and post-mortem room are provided.
Dr. Ch. Praveen Kumar, Veterinary Assistant Surgeon is taking care of the Zoo animals & birds. He has been taking care of the Zoo animals & Birds since 2010. He is an expert in the Tranquillization of the wild animals during Rescue operations. He has been successful in resolving the Human-wild animal conflicts by using many drugs in different species of Wild animals since 2012.
A Veterinary Assistant is working in the Zoo Park under the supervision of the Veterinarian, who has qualified Veterinary diploma course, assisting the Veterinarian in up keeping of the health care of the Zoo animals & Birds.

Veterinary Activities in Zoo Park

1. Routine examinations
2. Collection of Blood and fecal material for disease diagnosis
3. Preventive measures (Deworming, Vaccinations & Disinfection)
4. Treatment of ailing animals (Medicine / Surgery / Gynecology)
5. Seasonal management (Summer, Mansoon & Winter)
6. Fodder development
7. Translocation of surplus Zoo animals into the wild
8. Rearing of orphans
9. Mixing of supplements to the feed according to their requirement
10. Captive Breeding of Endangered animals
11. Education to the Veterinary students
12. Awareness to the Forest Department officers
13. Post Mortem examination
14. Disaster Management
15. Others
16. Collection of feed samples to analyze Proximate, Toxicological and Bacteriological assessment
17. Collection of water samples to analyze Bacteriological and Chemical parameters.

Routine Examinations

Collection of Blood and faecal material for disease diagnosis

Preventive measures

DEWORMING SCHEDULE FOR ZOO ANIMALS AND BIRDS:

S.No.	Month	Species
1	January	Birds and Reptiles
2	February	Carnivores
3	March	Herbivores and Primates
4	April	Reptiles & Birds
5	May	Carnivores
6	June	Herbivores & Primates
7	July	Reptiles and Birds
8	August	Carnivores
9	September	Herbivores and Primates
10	October	Reptiles & Birds
11	Novermber	Carnivores
12	December	Herbivores & Primates

Vaccination schedule:

S.No.	Species	Name of the Vaccine	Duration
1	Carnivores	Every 6 months	Triquin
			Fel o Vac / Nobivac
			Rabies
2	Herbivores	Every 6 months	Foot & Mouth Disease
			Pasturellosis (HS)
			Enterotoxaemia

Disinfection schedule

S.No.	Name of the Activity	Proposed date to be conducted
1	Sanitation of night houses with Aciphor and KhorsolinTh 2% solution. Phenyl foot bath should arrange infront of all night houses specified by the aluminum tray or cemented trough sand with sponge.	Everyday
2	Super Bleaching of all wet moats	For every 15 days
3	White wash to all night houses	For every 3 months
4	Slake lime pasting to all water troughs and water feeders	For every 3 months
5	Sprinkling of lime and bleaching in the kraals and cages and on foot paths (3:1)	For every 3 months
6	Burning of enclosure during winter season for pest control	For Every month
7	Butax spray 2% to all Herbivores kraal to prevent ticks, mites, flees whenever required	For Every month