CT for aardvarks
Thanks to a donation from the Loyola University Medical Centerin Chicago, the Chicago Zoological Society’s Brookfield Zoo can now CT scan "patients" ranging from tigers and gorillas, to dolphins and small bears.
Since it installed the CT scanner in December, the zoo has used the machine to image grey wolves and ferrets, as well as Ruby, an 11-year-old-goat, and 26-year-old Bernaard the aardvark.
“Having the CT scanner on-site allows us to provide high-quality animal care in a quick and efficient manner,” said Michael Adkesson, veterinarian for the Chicago Zoological Society. “With this new addition to our imaging suite, we are able to conduct more advanced diagnostic testing and perform highly involved procedures with accuracy and ease. The images from the CT scanner helped us provide better treatment for their medical problems, by making corrective surgery faster, more accurate, and lower-risk."
Brookfield Zoo is the second zoo in the U.S. to own an on-site CT scanner, and its imaging suite now includes the scanner, digital radiography, mammography, ultrasound and a PACS.
Since it installed the CT scanner in December, the zoo has used the machine to image grey wolves and ferrets, as well as Ruby, an 11-year-old-goat, and 26-year-old Bernaard the aardvark.
“Having the CT scanner on-site allows us to provide high-quality animal care in a quick and efficient manner,” said Michael Adkesson, veterinarian for the Chicago Zoological Society. “With this new addition to our imaging suite, we are able to conduct more advanced diagnostic testing and perform highly involved procedures with accuracy and ease. The images from the CT scanner helped us provide better treatment for their medical problems, by making corrective surgery faster, more accurate, and lower-risk."
Brookfield Zoo is the second zoo in the U.S. to own an on-site CT scanner, and its imaging suite now includes the scanner, digital radiography, mammography, ultrasound and a PACS.