How to cure a leopard Bashny.Net

The medical profession, healing animals, perhaps one of the most humane in the world. It healers "silent creatures' need to have a special, almost absolute sense of kindness and compassion. Because our smaller brothers can not talk about their illness or resent an unsuccessful treatment. In Almaty Zoological Park for wildlife health monitoring team of veterinarians. Their working everyday to tell Kostya Vox
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2. The working day of employees of the Almaty Zoo veterinary begins every day at 8 am with a small planning meetings



3. Every doctor is assigned to a certain section of animals and every day he is on the "five-minute" reports about the situation in their area, if necessary, to collectively decide on a particular occasion



4. The Chief Veterinarian Zoo Aibol Azbaevich Kuderin personally inspect food at the stern cuisine



5. spoiled, poor quality food can be a source of parasitic and other animal diseases. Without inspection and permit a veterinary feed intake is not carried out. Each feed has a veterinary certificate, certificate of conformity of the quality of products delivered, and documents confirming laboratory research



6. Dauren and Azamat for today the first task - to immobilize a deer and immerse it for further transportation



7. Azamat Dusen - anesthetist. Methodically selects the right amount of soporific, taking into account the appearance, weight and age of the animal



8. Using the brass tube, the doctor sends a keenness Indian tranquilizer dart right on target



9. Deer in three minutes feels general tiredness, and in ten falls asleep



10. In order to once again not psychologically traumatize the animal, his eyes dark fabric throws



11. And so the deer inside the box for further transportation



12. Veterinarian Marat pulled out of the cage of treated animals to birds of prey. This buzzard-legged Buzzard. He was caught on the road with a damaged wing in Koksu District of Almaty region and brought to our zoo



13. Inspection buzzard wings. Bird got under unknown circumstances wing fracture. Since Almaty veterinarians, ornithologists there is little, all affected wild birds carry here



14. If necessary, provide medical care, cure, then a month after the end of the quarantine is transmitted to open to the public section of the birds for further detention



15. Since the wing fracture was open, there was a wound on a daily basis and the staff treated this place



16. Dauren Kenzhebaev examines fixed him land hoofed



17. In spring and autumn, as well as people, animals in the zoo suffer from diseases catarrhal nature



18. Azamat takes a blood sample from a condor to be sent to the laboratory. The bird in the future plans to travel to Serbia, and for this it is necessary to pass all the tests, to make sure that the animal is healthy



19. Even just passing the pen with elephants, Aibol Azbaevich looks to make their wards if all they have in order, as the appetite and appearance. Those, in turn, welcomed Dr.



20. Janat Estay, acting director of the Almaty Zoo, welcomes the carriage of "first aid". Today unusual day, to be held inspection of two snow leopards brought from Kyrgyzstan. Almaty Zoo has taken the responsibility to carry out a complex operation, together with its social partners from the treasury of Ophthalmology, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Reproduction Biotechnology of the Kazakh National Agrarian University and veterinary hospital "Solnyshko»



21. Participate in the life of leopards came the chief doctor Kazakh Research Institute of Eye Diseases, MD Suleimenov Marat Smagulovich. Experts volunteers themselves have decided to participate in order to save these unique animals. Administration of the zoo developed a project to rescue the snow leopards. The project involves not only experts on animal and doctors, but also sponsors a number of banks in the face of



22. Kanat Orynhanov, surgeon, candidate of veterinary sciences, for example, has conducted eye surgery on a female jaguar named Momyn. Damage to the eyelid she got into a brawl with a young fellow



23. Azamat makes an injection of sleeping pills first leopard. It all began in 2009, when Kyrgyzstan in captivity two snow leopards were born with congenital eye defects - Young were virtually blind. Due to the fact that there is no relevant veterinary services, which could hold a complex and expensive operation, Kyrgyz experts appealed to international organizations to assist in the rehabilitation of animals or distribute them in zoos the world



24. Otliknulsya Almaty Zoo, which in turn is obliged to carry out the operation leopards. Transportation of animals was also carried out by the Kazakh side



25. The two males at 2 and 5 years old, they have already reached the peak of puberty and are pure genetic line of this breed



26. Barsam required complex treatment in two stages. The official diagnosis - coloboma (underdevelopment) of the upper eyelid, vascular and pigmented keratitis, and one of the beasts also stabizm (strabismus)



27. According to experts, the pathology of the animals does not carry the genetic nature and inheritance is not transmitted. All of this can be successfully treated surgically. In the future, animals will give full-fledged offspring



28. Their parents caught by poachers. Once in the trap, the animals got physical injuries - have lost limbs. Later, they were in the private collection of former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. After the revolution in the neighboring country the animals were not wanted, and they took care of German rehabilitation center NGO "NABU". Later, while in zootsentre, this couple gave offspring



29. It has been almost two years since the Kyrgyz authorities intended to hand the two leopards. But because of political unrest in the country, they could not in time to make a decision, and the disease has progressed - sight is deteriorating day by day. If you do not do the surgery, the animals can get an eye infection, and it can lead to paralysis or death



30. Experts are reminded that due to the neglect of the disease, operation does not always guarantee full recovery of their goal - to prevent the onset of blindness, save remaining vision, and the ability of reproduction



31. In April, doctors have performed the first operation to remove the defect of the upper eyelid snow leopard named Pirate. The operation lasted a total of two hours for both eyes. Then the animal is in rehabilitation and restorative care of the zoo's veterinary



32. Within 16 days of full-time veterinarians observed washed their eyes every day and treated the place of surgical wounds the animal with necessary medicines. On the 17th day after the complete healing of the snow leopard was successfully returned to the enclosure. Now the animal feels well, appetite normalized



33. Work to save leopards continues ... 32. Work on the salvation of leopards continues ...



34. In May, the operation was made snow leopard named leader. Now Leopard feels good, he transferred to the Aviary



35. Six months later, the animal will move another step



36. Now, thanks to the intervention of specialists from Almaty leopards got a chance to stop the loss of vision. Of course, it will not be fully recovered, but at least retina disintegration and internal endogenous processes are suspended. Also, it has been restored exterior shell cosmetic eyes. Because fused century animal received an unbearable pain and discomfort - it's like a lifetime to have a mote in the eye every time a leopard blinked - ey wool scratched eyeball



37. These two males to become founders of a new clean line leopards in our zoo



38. Kyrgyzstan was invited Saltanat Seitova, director of the Center for the Protection of Wild Animals in Karakol, where the zoopitomnik. She's with a team of like-minded people to promote the project through the Government of Kyrgyzstan



39. The Deputy Director of Finance Nurjan Daurenbekov looks at the leopards. It is now one female leopards brought from the Czech Republic, and the second is expected to arrive from France to form stable pairs of these young leopards



40. Veterinarian Dauren disinfects the premises for the winter maintenance of hippos



41. Together with the head of the section of Ornithology, the doctor examines the laid eggs in an incubator



42. That this device - candling can determine the sex of the embryo in the egg



43. - We do not have any one institution that would train specialists zoo business. Special emphasis on the treatment of wild animals nobody does. Graduates of veterinary colleges are left to practice to learn all the nuances of the treatment of animals, diagnosis and effective treatment - says Aibol Azbaevich



44. Veterinarians are the victim fox to handle injuries



45. Fox brought ordinary people, she scratched his ear, and then there was an open wound which became infected



46. ​​Doctors made an incision, cleaned the wound and treated



47. Every day fox's ear was treated for a speedy recovery



48. At the end of May, a group of young naturalists, zoologists, together with zoo employees left at the farm near the village of Bayserke where set free their pets (file photo zoo)



49. The Acting Director of the zoo with the kids produces the most, but recovered fox (file photo zoo)



50. Ginger cheat does not believe his luck (photograph from the zoo archive)



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