Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit

Category: Life of a Vet | Date: Feb 25 2007 | By: admin

With one day left before having to return to Nairobi, I found it unfortunate that we did not manage to find any zebra carcasses which might lead me to solving the mysterious sudden deaths. Most of the zebra carcasses sighted were reported after the carcass had already been eaten up by scavengers and I was not able to do postmostem. In the last days of my stay, reports of dead zebra no longer came in. The zebra population found in the area seemed to be healthy with the exception of one or two lame individuals. Without a carcass, it was difficult to draw any conclutions on the case. Once back in Nairobi, the samples would be sent into the bacteriology lab to see what kind of bacteria showed up.