Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine (Sep 2015)

Toxaemia secondary to pyloric foreign body obstruction in two African lion (Panthera leo) cubs

  • David Squarre,
  • John Yabe,
  • Chisoni Mumba,
  • Maxwel Mwase,
  • Katendi Changula,
  • Wizaso Mwasinga,
  • Musso Munyeme

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.07.010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 9
pp. 778 – 780

Abstract

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A case of toxaemia secondary to pyloric foreign body obstruction in two four-month-old African lion cubs were presented in this article. The lion cubs were presented to the school of veterinary medicine with a complaint of weight loss and stunted growth despite having a normal appetite and seizures. Definitive diagnosis was made based on gross pathology after attempting various symptomatic treatments. This article therefore is meant to discourage the use of blankets as bedding in holding enclosures for warmth and comfort post-weaning in captive lion cubs and indeed wild cats in general as they tend to eat bedding that has been soiled with food.

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