What Happens to Wild Animals With Broken Bones?

Bulstrode, Christopher; King, John B.; Roper, Brian A.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(86)91905-7

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“…Falls during arboreal travel, especially during inter-group fights, are relatively common in arboreal primates and have been seen in ring -tailed lemurs at BMSR. In red colobus monkeys, also an arboreal species, the most common cause of injury appears to be falls which are more common in young animals than adults (Bulstrode 1990). Possibly, the wound in this young female occurred as a result of a puncture suffered during a fall.…”

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Survival of a wild ring-tailed lemur (<i>Lemur catta</i>) with abdominal trauma in an anthropogenically disturbed habitat

Moresco

Larsen

Cuozzo

et al. 2012

MCD

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Soft tissue injuries are rarely reported in wild primates as these heal fast, are not obvious, and are rapidly scavenged or decompose after death. An adult female ring -tailed lemur (Lemur catta) was found to have a chronic gastrointestinal fistula in Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. She was observed monthly for 13 months until her remains, which showed evidence of dog predation, were found. Until then, she was in good body condition, had gained weight from the previous year and was observed to exhibit normal behaviour and produce an infant. This report documents a wild strepsirrhine primate able to survive significant soft tissue injury in an anthropogenically disturbed habitat.

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confidence: 92%

Survival of a wild ring-tailed lemur (<i>Lemur catta</i>) with abdominal trauma in an anthropogenically disturbed habitat

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Larsen

Cuozzo

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“…Chapman & Chapman, 1987]. Bulstrode [1987] reports healed fractures were commonly found in skeletons of orangutans. The subadult animal that fractured a femur in this study completely recovered normal mobility within 30 days of the incident.…”

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Immobilization and health assessment of free‐ranging black spider monkeys ( Ateles paniscus chamek )

Karesh

Wallace

Painter

et al. 1998

American J Primatol

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Eight free‐ranging black spider monkeys (Ateles paniscus chamek) were immobilized with Telazol® in Bolivia for the purpose of radio‐collaring. During this procedure, the animals received complete medical examinations, and samples were collected for health analyses. Biochemical test results varied with the degree of condition of the animals, and a variety of physical abnormalities were found. Evidence of previous infections with Leptospira sp., encephalitis virus, and yellow fever virus was found. All findings contribute to establishing baseline health values for the species. The handling of primates for research projects provides a valuable opportunity to collect health‐related data and samples that can contribute to wildlife management and conservation efforts. The capture and handling of free‐ranging primates is always accompanied by risk of injury or mortality. It is ethically important to maximize the amount of information gathered during these procedures. Furthermore, sharing the undesirable impacts with the scientific community enables informed decisions to be made during future project development. Am. J. Primatol. 44:107–123, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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“…Nevertheless, the presence of healed fractures and of (congenital) malformations of the extremities reported from several wild primate populations suggest that affected individuals are capable of compensating impairments and thus to survive and even reproduce (Schultz 1939(Schultz , 1956Stokes & Byrne 2006;Arlet et al 2009, Ferrari et al 2010. Fractures (and perhaps other impairments) occurring at an early phase of life are suggested to be less fatal than those obtained during adulthood (Bulstrode et al 1986). Here we report the case of a wild moustached tamarin, Saguinus mystax, who lacked one foot, probably from birth or shortly after birth on.…”

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confidence: 99%