Vets on the wild side. Episode 8 /

Two young wildebeest need attention - one for a cut leg - the other because a broken horn has led to severe infection. The Wild Life Vet Dave Cooper decides deals with the first with no problems - but finds that the infection in the second wildebeest has produced a mass of maggots eating away at the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Anderson, Howard (Producer), Thomas, Roger (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London, England : TVF International, 1999.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Veterinarians > Africa. Veterinary medicine > Africa. Wildlife veterinarians. Vétérinaires > Afrique. Médecine vétérinaire > Afrique. Vétérinaires de la faune. Veterinarians. Veterinary medicine. Africa. Alexander Street Video. Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Two young wildebeest need attention - one for a cut leg - the other because a broken horn has led to severe infection. The Wild Life Vet Dave Cooper decides deals with the first with no problems - but finds that the infection in the second wildebeest has produced a mass of maggots eating away at the eye. He decides to put it down. The second story deals with a serval cat with a broken leg being treated by vet Clare Speedy. In the third part Vet Dave Cooper's strange domestic life where his pets include four dogs, a baby antelope, two bush babies, a buffalo, six cats- all being cared for because they are in some state of disrepair. All this in a garden next to the St Lucia estuary, from which hippos sometimes come and visit him in the evening.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed July 17, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (23 min.).
Playing Time:	00:23:40