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How to monitor and record diseases in exotic animal species.

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  • city and guilds
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Monitoring disease
20/10/2022 10:40



Recognising signs:
• Body condition - weight loss/weight gain
• Behaviour
• Posture
• Locomotion/gait
• Weight
• Urination/defecation - frequency, constancy, parasites, changes
• Heart rate
• Appearance - skin, fur, scales etc
• Hydration
• Respiratory rate - laboured breathing etc


Categories of ill health:
• Behavioural
○ Lethargy
○ Inactivity/withdrawn
○ Change in eating/drinking/urinating/defecting
• Physical
○ Posture
○ Locomotion/gait
○ Appearance - skin, fur, scales etc.
• Physiological
○ Heart rate
○ Respiratory rate
• Psychological
○ Stereotypical behaviour

Body condition scoring
• Practical means of assessing the impact of negative energy balance
• Scores range from 1-5
• Below 2.0 is seriously under conditioned
• Above 4.0 require controlled weight loss

Assume the and identification
• Recognise and report
• Identify appropriate treatment
• Monitor
• Record
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