Spinal cord injury during recovery from anaesthesia in a giraffe

ANAESTHESIA of giraffes carries particular risks of morbidity and mortality as a result of the physical characteristics of a large, longlegged, long-necked animal with a heavy head; death is reported in approximately one in 10 cases (Benbow and Lyon 2001, Bush and others 2002, Flach and others 2002). Mortality may relate to physical damage or occasionally regurgitation and aspiration (Citino and Bush 2007). This short communication describes an accident during recovery of a giraffe from an otherwise straightforward anaesthetic.

F. Aprea, P. M. Taylor, A. Routh, D. Field, E. Flach, T. Bouts
Veterinary Record
2013
1-2
anaesthesia, captive giraffe, Giraffe, Husbandry, Mortality, spinal cord injury, zoo

Publish Date	March 9, 2018
Last Updated	January 27, 2021
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