SEPTEMBER 2013: MONTHLY REPORT BY MOBILE VETERINARY UNIT

Date	Location	Species	Concern	Photo	Notes	Drugs
4-9-13	Oserian Sanctuary	White Rhino- Female	Septic Wound		Reported to have a discharging wound at withers. The cause was not immediately established. We were directed to wrong candidate only to be told it was not the one. They were instructed to observe the animal and report for veterinary intervention.
9-9-13	Oserian Sanctuary	White Rhino-Female	Septic Wound		The case was inquired to after resuming duty from off and it was not yet on sight. The manager was directed to beef up patrol and locate her for examination to be done.
	Lentoria	Zebra-Male	Snare		Reported with plain braided snare wire around the neck strangulating and causing friction wound as it dangle down on all four limbs. Also had a traumatic wound on the lateral side of the right elbow joint suspected to have been caused by poachers who tried to cut it before it broke loose the snare. It was severed using wire cutter.	Darted using 6mgs Etorphine and 50mgs Azaperone. Wound was cleaned by Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine. Tetracycline wound spray was applied topically and so was Pyrethrin acaricide. 6000mgs long acting Tetracycline was injected intramuscularly. It was revived using 75mgs Naltrexone into jugular vein.
11-9-13	Kedong/Hells Gate National Park border	Zebra-Female	Snare		It had a plain snare wire around the neck dropping down about four meters. It had no resultant wound.	Darted using 6mgs Etorphine and 50mgs Azaperone. It was immediately revived using 24mgs Diprenorphine into jugular vein.
12-9-13	Kongoni Center/Moidabi Road	Buffalo-Male	Rogue/Stray		It invaded the road interfering with smooth traffic flow resulting to fear and panic. It had to be captured and translocate. It was released at Mundui Estates.	Darted using 12mgs Etorphine and 180mgs Azaperone. It was quickly loaded into a pickup. Narcosis was reversed using 48mgs Diprenorphine intravenously.
	Oserian Wildlife Sanctuary	White Rhino-Female	Wound		Examined the right shoulder wound which was lastly attended on Dec 2012 but it seems it is getting larger. Ox-perkers enlarged the edges as they fed. She has a six month old male calf and risks separation if darting is attempted. The dam is ampulating well to get water and fodder. She will be reviewed after a month to ascertain the progress.
	Manera Farm	Buffalo-Male	Snare		Was found dead near acarcia tree. Postmortem revealed that he had a wedge snare on the left hind limb and died while struggling to free himself
13-9-13	Oserian Wildlife Sanctuary	White Rhino-Adult			Had been reported missing for four days following gunshots incidence only to be spotted dead. Postmortem revealed three projectile entries. One at mid brisket, another at mid left prescapular area and last at right flank area. Two bullet heads; one at nuchal ligament and another at right diaphragm area were recovered from the carcass which had both horns poached. It died due to heavy internal bleeding.
	Annex-KWSTI	Waterbuck and Impala-Males	Postmortems		The area had been experiencing unexplained deaths especially of impala. Both had necrotic lesions on their lungs depicting Pneumonia. Another very emaciated male impala was darted and lungs found to have similar lesions as the former ones. The waterbuck and impala lungs were taken for further analysis	The previously collected samples from the same suggested parasitic pneumonia. Samples further herewith taken targets to identify the parasite incriminated. Impala was darted using 2mgs Etorphine and 20mgs Azaperone. It died before it was recovered and whole lung was sampled for analysis.
14-9-13	Kongoni Game Valley	Buffalo-Male	Fracture		He was seen being fought by other two males near a water hole resulting to left limb swinging leg lameness several weeks ago. He started seeking refuse near residential manyattas posing danger. Crepitation was evident on examination at the distal tibiotarsal bone.	Was immobilized using 10mgs Etorphine and 200mgs Azaperone. It was euthanized using 400mgs Sodium Pentobarbitone
15-9-13	Sanctuary Farm	Maasai Giraffe-Male	Snare		Spotted with a plain snare wire around the neck. It was barely tight. No resultant wound was present. It was severed by wire cutter.	Immobilized using 8mgs and 30mgs Azaperone. It was immediately revived using 24mgs Diprenorphine.
16-9-13	Lake Nakuru National Park	Pineapples / Bread slices	Bait		Collected seemingly poison laced slices of loaf and pineapples from Lake Nakuru National Park for toxicology analysis at Government Chemist and University of Nairobi. These were suspected to have been used as baits for the rhinos at the Park.
18-9-13	Sanctuary Farm & Crescent Island	One Zebra each-Females	Snares		Each was spotted with about six meters wedge snare wire around the neck. No resultant trauma was noted. Both were desnared by loosening the snare snoop and taking it off the neck.	Each was darted using 6mgs Etorphine and 50mgs Azaperone. Each was revived by use of 18mgs Diprenorphine.
	Finlays Flower Farm	Buffalo-Male	Lameness		It was sighted limping and suspected to have snare. It was followed and found not to have any snare but had lameness on the right hind limb. It did not warrant darting
19-9-13	Longonot Farm/Hells Gate National Park	2 Elands-Females	Electrocution		One was found writhing in pain and the other one dead near an electrical fence. Burn signs were evident when the animals were examined especially on the limbs indicating they possibly tried to jump the fence.	The administration of the flower farm was instructed to incorporate pulse meter in their fence system so that the fence can repulse animals instead of killing them. Inspection to that effect will be conducted later.
19 to 25-9-13	Oserian Wildlife Sanctuary	White Rhinos	Horn Trimming		Exercise to trim horns was carried out. Five females were trimmed; one female had been trimmed in Last December. Others were less than two year old and had relatively small horns
20-9-13	Oserian Wildlife Sanctuary	White Rhino-Female	Postmortem		Carried out a postmortem on a female white rhino at Oserian. She had been trimmed the previous day before she was attempted to be poached. She sustained two bullet wounds; one on the right side just post scapular into abdominal cavity and at the lumbar area on the left side near spine before she plunged into a gorge and died instantly. One solid at abdominal area had ruptured the left liver lobe and one soft bullet heads at spine were recovered. Trophies were taken to Hells Gate National Park for safe custody.
22-9-13	Fischer Man Camp	6 Kenya Horn Vipers	Smuggle		Called in by the Naivasha Investigation team to help in identifying the snakes which were suspected to have been smuggled by a foreigner. The foreigner David Simon Harris had landed from Germany less than 24hrs before arrest.	The smuggler was convicted and committed to jail for five years with no option of fine at Naivasha law courts
23-9-13	Soy Sambu Research Area	Zebra-Female	Snare		Spotted ‘immobilized’ at a tree vide plain snare wire which had snared left hind limb causing serious traumatic wound and ended up entangling the right hind limb. Wound was cleaned with hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine. Tetracycline wound spray was applied topically as 12000mgs of tetracycline was injected intramuscularly.	Was immobilized using 6mgs Etorphine and 50mgs Azaperone. It was revived using 18mgs Diprenorphine into jugular vein
24-9-13	Lake Nakuru National Park	Zebra-Male	Tumor		It had a raw bleeding swelling just below the right ear. It was irritating as it kept on shaking the head resulting to more bleeding.	Immobilized using 6mgs Etorphine and 50mgs Azaperone. It was euthanized using 200mgs Sodium Pentobarbitone.
		Buffalo Herds	Deaths Investigation		Investigated on reported buffalos death at Lake Nakuru National Park. No fresh carcass was found and they were advised to report promptly on the same. Eleven Herds at different areas where carcasses had been spotted were investigated and no signs of illness were noted.
26-9-13	Kigio Wildlife Conservancy	Rothschild Giraffe-Female	Dystochia		She was reported to have attempted to calve the previous day but failed. The fetus ended up dying at vulva opening. The dystochia was due to malpresentation whereby the left fore limb had elbow flexor. It was manipulated manually and extended the flexed limb before calf was pulled by use of rope.	It was darted using 15mgs Etorphine and 30mgs Azaperone. It was revived immediately it was down by use of 48mgs Diprenorphine into jugular vein. Tetracycline Long acting 30000mgs was used as antibacterial cover. 50mgs of Dexamethasone was used as anti-inflamatory.
	Kigio Wildlife Conservancy Community	Zebra-Male	Wound		Was reported lame. It was found to have a coronet traumatic wound on left hind limb medially. It was cleaned using Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine. Tetracycline wound spray was applied topically. 3000mgs of Amoxicillin was injected intramuscularly. the Treated an injured zebra at Kigio Wildlife Conservancy Community area and translocated it to Kigio Wildlife Conservancy	Was darted with 6mgs Etorphine and 50mgs Azaperone. It was captured and translocated to the nearby Kigio Conservancy where it was released since out there it was subject to game meat due to surrounding community