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Dental health is a key component of the Animal Health Department’s preventative medicine program at Zoo Miami. A variety of issues ranging from gum disease to fractured and broken teeth can lead to critical care issues that may result in serious infection and even death without treatment.
Because animals generally do not complain about dental pain, dental disease is often referred to as “silent suffering” in the animal health field. By the time serious signs such as loss of appetite and weight are evident, the disease or infection process may be quite advanced and can be a debilitating and sometimes fatal issue in animals that do not receive the proper care.
As part of the overall preventative medicine program at Zoo Miami, dental exams are routinely done on a variety of animals during regular general health exams. If issues are diagnosed, depending on the severity of the problem, Zoo Miami’s team of veterinarians will either perform the treatment themselves, or, when there are more complicated cases, enlist the assistance of a veterinary dental specialist.
Last week, veterinary dentist, Dr. Jamie Berning, DVM, DAVDC, from Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery of Ohio, along with members of her team, traveled from their home in Columbus, Ohio to perform a series of procedures on a variety of animals including an orangutan, a lion, two chimpanzees, a sloth bear, and two jaguars. The procedures were done over several days and ranged from general consults, cleanings and exams to extractions and root canals. Zoo Miami is very grateful for the expertise and time that Dr. Berning and her team donate to provide Zoo Miami animals with this critical care.
In addition to the dental work, the two chimpanzees also received cardiac exams performed by cardiologist Dr. Ken Zilde and several of his colleagues. Also participating in those exams was Nurse Bobbie Boyd from the Great Ape Heart Project as well as Michael Ringstad from Medtronics. As part of the cardiac workups, each chimpanzee was given an echocardiogram, and one had his Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) replaced. The ILR records the chimpanzee’s cardiac activity and transfers it directly to the medical team to be studied for any abnormalities. All animals have since recovered and been returned to their habitats.
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