INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 2

Bacterial Inter digital Pyoderma in a Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

  • Author:
  • Arun A. Sha, Linto Antony, S. Ilayaraja
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 407 to 408

Wildlife SOS, Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre, Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru -560083 (Karnataka)

*Wildlife Veterinary Officer and Corresponding author Email: arun@wildlifesos.org

Online published on 31 March, 2014.

Abstract

Fifteen year old Sumatran tiger with interdigital pyoderma on right hind leg was confiremd by bacterial culture as Staphylococcus aureus. The animal was treated with antibiotic orally and topical wound dressing. The animal recovered successfully.

Keywords

Antibiogram, antibiotic, pyoderma, tiger