March 2021 – Civano Animal Hospital

- MARCH 19, 2021
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Vaccine Could Save Critical Tiger Population
In 2003 a young Amur tiger, seeming disoriented, wandered into a Russian village on the Chinese border. Wildlife Conservation Society scientists anesthetized the tiger and determined that she had canine distemper—the first case confirmed in a wild tiger. The…
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- MARCH 5, 2021
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First great apes at U.S. zoo receive COVID-19 vaccine made for animals
An orangutan named Karen, the first in the world to have open-heart surgery in 1994, has made medical history again: She’s among the first great apes to get a COVID-19 vaccine. In February, Karen, three other orangutans, and five bonobos at the San Diego…
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