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May 15, 2023: Successful giraffe anesthesia procedure at the Honolulu Zoo!
I was part of an amazing team of more than 45 professionals who helped 23 yr old “Squirt” the giraffe with his chronic hoof & leg issues. Squirt received a number of treatments during the procedure including hoof trims, 1 billion stem cells, pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, and a polyurethane shoe. He was showing some clinical improvement with posture, gait, and thermography even the morning after the procedure, so we are hoping for the best.
Kudos to the Honolulu Zoo team for organizing the successful procedure, Steve Foxworth & Nell Foxworth from the Zoo Hoofstock Trim Program for your innovative footcare, and Dr Valerie Johnson from Michigan State University for growing the stem cell lines. It really does take a village. #TeamSquirt
PUBLICATIONS
Dadone & Foxworth. 2022. Footcare for zoo ungulates. In: Fowler’s Zoo & Wild Animal Medicine, Current Therapy, Vol 10 (eds. Miller, Calle, & Lamberski), Elsevier. 303-12.
Han, Dadone, et al. 2022. Giraffe skin disease: the clinicopathologic characterization of cutaneous filariasis in the critically endangered Nubian giraffe. Veterinary Pathology. 59(2): 1-9.
Dadone, Foxworth, et al. 2021. Foot shape & radiographs of free-ranging Nubian giraffe in Uganda. PLoS ONE. 16(12).
Moresco, Dadone, et al. 2021. Hydrometra in rock hyrax under managed care. JZWM. 52(2): 820-826.
Dadone, Olea-Popelka, et al. 2019. Clinical conditions found radiographically in the feet of reticulated giraffe in a single zoo. JZWM. 50(3): 528-38.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Giraffe Team. 2019 & 2021. Giraffe Care Workshop Manual. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
Fennessy, Castles, Dadone, et al. 2019. A Journey of Giraffe – A practical guide to wild giraffe translocations. Giraffe Conservation Foundation, Windhoek. Namibia.
Dadone. 2018. Lameness diagnosis & management in zoo giraffe. In: Fowler’s Zoo & Wild Animal Medicine, Current Therapy, Vol 9 (eds. Miller, Lamberski, & Calle), Elsevier. 623-9.
Dadone & Harrison. 2017. Zoological applications of laser therapy. In: Laser Therapy in Veterinary Medicine: Photobiomodulation (eds. Riegel & Godbold), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 320-33.
Therio, Dadone, et al. 2017. Successful management of cecal perforation & focal peritonitis in a gorilla. JZWM. 48(2): 540-43.
Dadone, Schilz, et al. 2016. Training giraffe for front foot radiographs & hoof care. Zoo Biology. 35: 228–36.
Parkinson, … Dadone, et al. 2016. Establishment of a fibrinogen reference interval in ornate box turtles. JZWM. 47:754-9.
Dadone, Garner, et al. 2014. Anaplastic mandibular carcinoma in a meerkat. JZWM. 45: 413-16.
Moresco, Dadone, et al. 2014. Location & removal of deslorelin acetate implants in female African lions. JZWM. 45: 397-401.
Dadone, Haussler, et al. 2013. Successful management of acute-onset torticollis in a giraffe. JZWM. 44:181-85.
Dadone, Whiteside, et al. 2011. Nasal osteosarcoma & interstitial cell tumor in a Vancouver Island marmot. JZWM. 42:330-34.
Dadone, Klaphake, et al. 2010. Pituitary cystadenoma, enterolipidosis, & cutaneous mycosis in an Everglades ratsnake. JZWM. 41:538-41.
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