| Table of contents |
Health
chapter of the husbandry manual for Asian lorisines |
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| 1)
Introduction: typical problems in the Loridae |
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Typical
health problems observed in lorises or pottos: text
review
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Problems
caused by environmental stress; general
susceptibility to stress
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Figure: Behaviour
indicating environmental stress
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Problems caused by
social stress
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Figure:
Behaviour indicating social stress
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"Wasting disease": loss of weight in
captive animals (in
preparation)
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Trichobezoar problems (in preparation)
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Figure: Trichobezoar
problems
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Abnormal
behaviour
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| 2)
First aid |
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First
aid for lorises and pottos, first care for
confiscated animals
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| 3) Some recommendations for care and
treatment |
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General recommendations (in preparation)
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Preventive
measures, examinations
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Handling,
protection
of humans (toxin, disease transmission)
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Experience with medicine, treatment (in preparation)
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Figure:
correct placement of injections, transponders
(in preparation)
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Anesthesia,
tranquilizers
: some general information;
Experience with
anesthesia in N. pygmaeus at the
Endangered Primate Rescue Center, by U. Streicher
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Ageing,
needs of old animals
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Quarantain
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4)
Judgement of health, diagnosis of problems:
internal and
external changes, symptoms, lesions |
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General
judgement of health and nutritional state
(in preparation)
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Figure:
Dehydration, emaciation in N. pygmaeus
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Figure:
Judgement
of the nutritional state in Loris
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Table
1: Behavioural signs of health problems
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Figure:
Judgement of behaviour: facial expressions
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Figure:
Behaviour evaluated as a sign of wellbeing
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Figure:
Behavioural signs of weakness or unwellbeing
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2: Externally visible changes (hair, skin, body
weight)
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Figure:
Changes of fur or skin indicating health problems
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Table
3: Traces found in the cage
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Figure:
Signs of problems found in the cage
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Table
4: Postmortem examinations; organ lesions
diagnosed
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| 5)
Review of diseases |
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Table
5: Non-infectious, environmental health problems
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Table
6: bacterial infections
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Table
7: mycoses
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Table
8: viral infections
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Table
9: protozoan infections
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Figure: protozoan parasites (in preparation)
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Table
10: verminous parasites
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Figure:
verminous parasites
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Table
11: arthropod endoparasites
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Figure:
arthropod endoparasites
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Table
12: arthropod ektoparasites
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Figure: arthropod
ektoparasites (in
preparation)
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| 6)
Blood values, blood pressure, body temperature, other |
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Methods for taking blood
samples
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Table
13: Diagnoses concerning blood and body fluids
(except urine)
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Table 14 a: Body temperature
and other values
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Table 14 b: Blood values
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Intestinal
flora (in
preparation)
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Dental and
oral health problems (in
preparation)
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| 7) Anatomy |
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Figure:
Intestine
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Figure:
Blood vessels
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Figure: Muscles (in preparation)
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Figure: Skeleton,
skull
Dentition
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Figure:
Visible skin glands
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| 8) References |
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References in the
order of numbers mentioned in the tables
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References
alphabetically
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