FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Baby gorilla delivered by rare Caesarean
section
by Brett Smith
A veterinary surgical team was
successfully able to deliver a lowland gorilla by Caesarean section at Bristol
Zoo in the United Kingdom
According to a press release from Bristol University
“The birth of any gorilla is a rare and
exciting event; but the birth of a baby gorilla by Caesarean section is even
more unusual,” said John Partridge, the zoo’s senior curator of animals. “It
wasn’t a decision that we took lightly – Kera was becoming quite poorly and we
needed to act fast in order to give the best possible treatment to mother and
baby, and to avoid the possibility of losing the baby.”
The decision to perform a cesarean
section was made after a medical assessment by veterinary medicine experts from
the zoo’s in-house vets and experts from nearby Bristol University
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