DESIGNING AND APPLICATION OF RESTRAINING GADGETS – INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO HANDLE POISONOUS SNAKES
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N.V. Rajesh
Department of Wildlife Science, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai – 600 007
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M.G. Jayathangaraj
Department of Wildlife Science, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai – 600 007
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M. Raman
Department of Wildlife Science, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai - 600 007
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R. Sridhar
Department of Wildlife Science, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai - 600 007
Keywords:
Restraining gadgets, Poisonous snakes, Tong, Collapsible tube, BagAbstract
Restraining gadget for Indian poisonous snakes like Indian cobra and Russell’s Viper were designed, using available infrastructures. Tongs, collapsible tubes and bags were designed and applied in the poisonous snakes in order to have better restraining activities. These snakes reared at Guindy Snake Park Trust were successfully restrained, using the gadgets developed. However these gadgets were found not suitable for restraining procedure associated with Saw scaled viper and Common krait. The gadgets developed were useful for zoo veterinarians for control of these serpentines.
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