the study was carried out in zoo animals at islamabad zoo, pakistan to know the prevalence of bovinetuberculosis. an overall prevalence of 3.3% was recorded in zoo animals with 3.6% in bovidae, 3.2% incervidae and 0% in equidae families. the positive animals included spotted deer (1/3; 95% ci = 0.84,90.57), chinkara gazella (1/5; 95% ci = 0.51, 71.64) and blackbuck gazelle (1/30; 95% ci = 0.08,...

Petting zoos have been associated with E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks. Given the epidemiologic link between all cases and the farm, the hypothesis under joint investigation by the BCCDC and local health units was that the infections resulted from contact with the petting zoo animals. The purposes of this investigation were to verify the cause of the outbreak, determine the outbreak’s scope, and iden...

Author details ViroScience Lab, Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus MC, Room Ee1714, dr. Molewaterplein 50, Rotterdam 3015, GE, The Netherlands. Artemis One Health Research Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands. VISAVET Centre, Animal Health Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Department of Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Veterinary Services, Rot...

background: toxoplasmosis, a worldwide zoonotic disease, is caused by toxo­plasma gondii . the distribution of genetic diversity of t. gondii in wild animals is of great importance to understand the transmission of the parasite in the environ­ment. however, little is known about t. gondii prevalence in wild animals and birds in china. methods: we conducted the genetic characterization of t. gon...

Concern for zoo animals is palpable throughout society in many countries in South East Asia. It is important to understand problems of animal welfare in order for zoos to make significant improvement in maintaining high standards. With a case study of 3 zoos in Thailand, this article presents results for the first time on how ethics and welfare evaluations are conducted in South East Asian zoos...

Stockmanship is a term used to describe the management of animals with a good stockperson someone who does this in a in a safe, effective, and low-stress manner for both the stock-keeper and animals involved. Although impacts of unfamiliar zoo visitors on animal behaviour have been extensively studied, the impact of stockmanship i.e familiar zoo keepers is a new area of research; which could re...

30 The assessment of animal welfare relates to investigations of how animals try to cope 31 with their environment, and how easy or how difficult it is for them to do so. The use of 32 rigorous scientific methods to assess this has grown over the past few decades, and so 33 our understanding of the needs of animals has improved during this time. Much of the 34 work in the field of animal welfar...

Contact with people, both familiar (e.g., caretakers) and unfamiliar (e.g., members of the public), is a significant part of the lives of nonhuman animals in zoos. The available empirical evidence shows that in many cases this contact represents a source of stress to the animals, although there is sufficient overall ambiguity in these studies to suggest that the effect of people on the animals ...