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Optimal Management to Improve Quality of Life for an Injured Baby Elephant: Thailand Multidisciplinary Care Team

Yaralı Yavru Bir Filin Yaşam Kalitesini Artırmak İçin Optimal Yönetim: Tayland Multidisipliner Bakım Ekibi

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655–659
Publication Date
2022-10-17
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The results show that biomechanics gait analysis and physiological responses revealed promising benefit of the prosthetic shoe by reflecting a greater symmetrical gait pattern without dyspnea and no sign of exertion during daily life activity.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This article aimed to report the care, management, and monitoring of an injured female baby elephant.
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Key Findings & Data:The collaboration among the multidisciplinary team included veterinary medicines, elephant handling, engineering, and physical therapy in the 3-year-old elephant with its left forelimb phalanges amputated through being caught in a snare trap.
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Conclusion & Impact:The results show that biomechanics gait analysis and physiological responses revealed promising benefit of the prosthetic shoe by reflecting a greater symmetrical gait pattern without dyspnea and no sign of exertion during daily life activity.
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This article aimed to report the care, management, and monitoring of an injured female baby elephant. The collaboration among the multidisciplinary team included veterinary medicines, elephant handling, engineering, and physical therapy in the 3-year-old elephant with its left forelimb phalanges amputated through being caught in a snare trap. The management comprised medical wound care, nutrition and applying a prosthetic shoe. The kinematic parameters and vital sign monitoring were analysed. The results show that biomechanics gait analysis and physiological responses revealed promising benefit of the prosthetic shoe by reflecting a greater symmetrical gait pattern without dyspnea and no sign of exertion during daily life activity.

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Bu makalede, yaralı bir dişi yavru filin bakım, yönetim ve izlenmesinin bildirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Multidisipliner ekip arasındaki işbirliği, kapana yakalanarak sol ön ayak falanksları kesilen 3 yaşındaki bir fil için veteriner ilaçları, filin bakımı, mühendislik ve fizik tedaviyi içeriyordu. Yönetim, tıbbi yara bakımı, beslenme ve protez ayakkabı uygulanması şeklindeydi. Kinematik parametreler ve vital bulgu takibi analizleri gerçekleştirildi. Sonuçlar, biyomekanik yürüyüş analizi ve fizyolojik tepkilerin, dispne ve günlük yaşam aktivitesi sırasında hiçbir efor belirtisi olmaksızın daha simetrik bir yürüyüş modelini yansıtarak protez ayakkabının umut verici faydasını ortaya koyduğunu göstermektedir.

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KONGSAWASDI, S., WANTANAJITTIKUL, K., LANGKAPHIN, W., CHUATRAKOON, B., NAMWONGPROM, K., PRUPETKAEW, P., ANGKAWANISH, T. (2022). Optimal Management to Improve Quality of Life for an Injured Baby Elephant: Thailand Multidisciplinary Care Team. Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 27 - Sayı: 5, 655–659. https://ajindex.com/articles/569515

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