COMMON MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF MEGACHIROPTERANS IN CAPTIVITY

摘要

Many species of Megachiroptera are being kept in increasing numbers in zoos throughout North America and Europe. Megachiroptera have a number of medical problems associated with trauma and nutritional deficits. Traumatic injuries are usually seen during transportation or conditions of overcrowding, as well as inappropriate social groupings (i.e., male groups). Dietary imbalances have resulted in dilated cardiomyopathy, fluorosis and metabolic bone disease. Dental diseases mimic those seen in small animal medicine. Infectious diseases are uncommon and sporadic, but recent reports of zoonotic viral infections in Astral-Asian bats warrant careful quarantine of wild caught bats.