TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Veterinary Medicine in Tapir Conservation ...................................................................... 7
2. Tapir Anatomy: General Information............................................................................... 9
3. Capture Methods ............................................................................................................ 11
3.1. ANESTHETIC DART SHOOTING 11
3.2. PITFALL 12
3.3. BOX TRAPPING 13
3.4. CAPTURE PEN (CORRAL) 13
3.5. HUNTING DOGS 13
4. Chemical Restraint ......................................................................................................... 14
4.1. RECOMMENDED PROTOCOLS 15
4.2. IMPORTANT ASPECTS TO BE CONSIDERED 21
5. Clinical Evaluation .......................................................................................................... 24
6. Collection, Handling and Storage of Biological Samples ............................................... 25
6.1. SAMPLING PROCEDURES 25
6.1.1. BLOOD 26
6.1.1.1. Blood with Anticoagulant 26
6.1.1.2. Blood without Anticoagulant 26
6.1.1.3. Handling and Storage of Blood 27
6.1.2. BLOOD SMEAR 27
6.1.3. SWABS FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS 28
6.1.4. FECAL SAMPLES 28
6.1.4.1. Parasites 28
6.1.4.2. Hormones 28
6.1.4.3. Genetics 29
6.1.5. TISSUE SAMPLES 29
6.1.5.1. Genetics 29
6.1.6. HAIR 29
6.1.6.1. Genetics 29
6.1.6.2. Tricological Analyses 29
6.1.7. MILK 30
6.1.8. URINE 30
6.1.9. ECTOPARASITES 30
6.1.10. VAGINAL CYTOLOGY 30
6.1.11. OTHER CYTOLOGICAL SAMPLES 30
6.2. BASIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE COLLECTION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES: 33
6.3. BIOSECURITY AND HEALTH-PROTECTION EQUIPMENT 33
7. Hematology and Blood Chemistry ................................................................................ 34
8. Immunological Screening (Serology) ...................................................................................36
9. Reproduction................................................................................................................. 39
9.1. BRIEF REPRODUCTIVE PHISIOLOGY REVIEW 39
9.2. HORMONES DURING ESTRAL CYCLE AND GESTATION 39
9.3. RECOMMENDED RESEARCH TOPICS 41
10. Necropsy ....................................................................................................................... 42
11. Interventions in Individual and Population Health............................................................45