Big animal surgery. Series 1, Episode 2, Chimpanzee /

Liz Bonnin takes us inside the dramatic world of big animal surgery. This time, she travels to a sanctuary in Sierra Leone to witness a lifesaving operation on a young chimpanzee. The chimp has a rapidly growing lump on her abdomen, which her keepers are worried is a cancerous tumour. One of the wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hatherley, Emma (Director, Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2019.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Chimpanzees > Surgery. Veterinary surgery. Chimpanzé > Chirurgie. Chirurgie vétérinaire. Animal television programs. Documentary television programs. Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Liz Bonnin takes us inside the dramatic world of big animal surgery. This time, she travels to a sanctuary in Sierra Leone to witness a lifesaving operation on a young chimpanzee. The chimp has a rapidly growing lump on her abdomen, which her keepers are worried is a cancerous tumour. One of the world's leading wildlife vets uses advanced techniques from human medicine to diagnose and remove the lump. But the story takes a dangerous twist when the chimp nearly wakes during the operation.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed February 13, 2020).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (51 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:51:05