Oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs from 117 captive psittacine birds presented at veterinary clinics (88) and from shelters/rescue centers of wildlife (29) were collected to determine the prevalence of C. psittaci in captive birds in Costa Rica. Samples were collected during 2009 from a total of 19 different species of parrots, with Ara macao (33), Amazona autumnalis (24), Amazona ochrocephala (21...

Abstract Kopi luwak, known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from coffee beans that have been partially digested by Asian palm civet ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ). This study aims to assess how tourists perceive inclusion of captive civets within curated Balinese kopi luwak tours analyzing 3,364 reviews 25 sites housing live civets, posted tourist review platform, TripAdvisor, betw...

Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan parasite that is the etiologic agent of neosporosis, a devastating infectious disease regarded as a major cause of reproductive loss in cattle and neuromuscular disease in dogs worldwide. This protozoan pathogen is maintained in the environment by a heteroxenous life cycle that involves a definitive canid host and a wide range of intermediate hosts. In recent...

Introduction The real importance of many wildlife species in foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemiology is quite often addressed but the answers are not so easy to find or to use. The questions are many, combining free-ranging or captive species and animals, but also items like passive carrier, active carrier, biological reservoir, as well as receptivity, susceptibility, clinical expression, lon...

Between January and April, 1992, two captive Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) from a wildlife park in Iwamizawa City, Hokkaido, Japan, were diagnosed as having nutritional myopathy. One wallaby, four-year-old adult male, had mild fresh lesions, confined to the skeletal muscles, with poor cell reaction. The other wallaby, 8-month-old female joey, had marked and extensive lesions with c...

AFTER WORLDWIDE EFFORT, THE GLOBAL outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (1) were contained in July. However, a recent case discovered in Singapore has generated additional concerns that SARS may resurface. SARS-related efforts have largely centered on crisis control. There is also a fundamental need to develop long-term strategies that can help prevent outbreaks of infectious d...

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) were investigated in captive giant and red panda tissues from China. The total concentrations of OCPs, PCBs, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in tissues ranged from 16.3 to 888 ng/g lipid weight (lw), 24.8 to 854 ng/g lw, and 16.4 to 2158 ng/g lw, respectively. p,p'-DDE and beta-...

The evolution of methods for keeping wild animals in captivity can be traced back many centuries. desire to keep recreational purposes led the development several zoological parks after man adopted a more settled way life. These zoos, aquariums, and other animal sanctuaries must now serve serious purpose, one that goes beyond entertainment. Around 700 million people visit zoos aquariums each ye...