121080 20240319080950.0 doi 10.1016/j.jveb.2022.01.006 sideral 131718 ART-2022-131718 eng Hernández-Aco, Rodrigo S. Geophagia in a large felid in captivity: A case report of lethal gastrointestinal impaction in a Bengal tigress (Panthera tigris tigris) 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Deliberate geophagia or sand-eating behaviour has been widely documented in herbivorous and omnivorous mammals, but never in large felids at captivity. Here we report a case of apparent lethal gastrointestinal impaction from sand intake in a 10-year-old captive Bengal tigress. After 2 days of anorexia and prostration the tigress was admitted to the University Veterinary Hospital with abdominal distension and diarrhoea and died shortly afterwards. A post-mortem examination revealed oesophageal perforation, abundant liquid in the stomach and pyloric obstruction due to the presence of compacted sand and some masses of poultry bones. It is hypothesized that geophagy (of sand) may have been a strategy to alleviate indigestion by consumption of rotten poultry carcasses, but evolved into a compulsive/obsessive-compulsive disorder over time, possibly due to a restricted and barren environment. Zoo animal welfare involves a series of challenges that include an adequate diet in quantity and presentation, as well as complex behaviours such as the motivation to ingest non-food substances under certain contexts during life in captivity. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 1.8 2022 VETERINARY SCIENCES 50 / 144 = 0.347 2022 Q2 T2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 40 / 52 = 0.769 2022 Q4 T3 0.57 2022 Veterinary (miscellaneous) 2022 Q1 4.2 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Villarroel, Morris Miranda-de la Lama, Genaro C. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6848-1010 2008 700 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Produc.Animal Cienc.Ali. Área Producción Animal 50 (2022), 13-17 Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research Journal of Veterinary Behavior 1558-7878 1297744 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121080/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2563328 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121080/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:121080 articulos driver 2024-03-18-13:01:01 ARTICLE