Animal-human ecosystem: Role of veterinarians in in situ and ex situ conservation

2^nd Indo-Global Summit & Expo on Veterinary

October 26-28, 2015 Hyderabad, India

Govindasamy Agoramoorthy

Tajen University, Taiwan

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Veterinar Sci Technol

Abstract :

The subject of veterinary science is an interesting one since it is a multi-disciplinary theme that incorporates disease diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention with subjects such as zoology, wildlife biology, animal welfare and husbandry. Being a wildlife veterinarian is not an easy job and it requires extensive professional skills to deal with both animals in captivity and also in the wild. Disease ecology is one of the fastest growing disciplines of science so veterinarians specialized in wildlife ought to incorporate themselves into this unique field of science. They have to understand the five basic freedom of welfare so that all animals that come under their care in zoos, recreational parks and aquariums can be properly maintained without any ethical and animal welfare related problems. India has numerous zoological parks and aquariums so all the animals need to be given the best care. So the zoo veterinarians play an important role. So the fact is, without a veterinarian, zoos cannot survive. Veterinarians also need to tackle the ongoing crisis involving human and wildlife conflict. Whenever there is an interaction with wildlife leading to conflict, there will be some consequences involving disease transfer. For example, monkeys such as rhesus macaque, bonnet macaque and Hanuman langur interact with humans in villages, towns and cities across India. Incidents of monkeys biting humans are also on the rise. So veterinarians play a crucial role to collect the correct statistics on monkey bits and also make appropriate management strategies to minimize aggressive human-monkey interactions leading to transfer of diseases.

Biography :

Email: agoram@tajen.edu.tw