The health of our animal collection is essential for Zoos Victoria. We are committed to contributing to worldwide knowledge of zoos and wildlife medicine, including diagnostics, therapeutics, and the prevention of disease and other health conditions such as nutrition and physical injury.
Melbourne Zoo vets are investigating diseases in wild Australian Fur-seals
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Healesville Sanctuary staff are investigating ways of treating chytrid fungus in the Critically Endangered Spotted Tree Frog.
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Healesville Sanctuary vets conducted a preliminary trial of a new anaesthetic, Alfaxalone, in squamate reptiles.
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Salmonella is a zoonotic disease, readily spread from animals to humans, as well as in captive collections. Veterinarians from Healesville Sanctuary compared the relative prevalence of Salmonella in wild and captive reptiles.
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