Study on causes of mortality in Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) at Arignar Anna Zoological Park, vandalur

Abstract

Knowledge of death in captive animals is essential to study diseases in captivity. Arignar Anna Zoological Park has recorded the cause of death in Lion-tailed Macaques from 1988-1999 at the zoos veterinary hospital. Analysis of post-mortem records indicated that trauma had been the main cause of death of LTMs; others being, parasitic infectious diseases, heat stroke and heart attack.