Intestinal Trichobezoars in a Captive Sloth Bear

Sloth bear’s fecal tale: A gross observation and interpretation of captive sloth bear’s feces to understand the health status

“…Including indigestible components, such as hair, followed by trichotillomania or trichophagia, leads to trichobezoar (Figure 7). An incident of intestinal trichobezoar lead to death of Sloth bear reported the bear was exhibiting symptoms of listless, dull and depressed with poor appetite (Rao & Acharjyo, 1979) [17] . Although, instances of compulsive eating disorder in M. Ursinus associated with eating soil where they pass muddy colored feces (Figure 5).…”

“…However, the occasional instance of mucus is normal as it's what allows feces to slide through the rudimentary colon. In addition, the presence of few body hairs in feces is normal because of the physiological process associated with peculiar licking and phonation habit that includes paw sucking in Sloth bears (Rao & Acharjyo, 1979;Weissengruber et al, 2001) [17,20] .…”

Gastrointestinal parasites of exotic avian fauna living in captivity in the state of Bagmati, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

“…Zoos must take precautions to stop such spread and guarantee the welfare of all avian species (Lima et al, 2016). A species' ability to survive and reproduce can also be affected by parasitic diseases, but efforts to prevent infections in captive animals can be hampered by a lack of information about these conditions (Rao & Acharjyo, 1984;Javaregowda, 2007).This is particularly concerning for birds bred in con nement and later released into the wild. The Gurler et al (2010) Parasitic infections can reduce the lifespan of animals, and it is important to prevent stereotypical behavior in captive birds caused by poor diet could be zoonotic (Maske et al, 1990;Adekunle and Olayide, 2008).…”