By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, One Health for All.
This month and last, MGVP has been hosting residents from the UC Davis Medical at our headquarters in Rwanda. As part of our One Health initiative to improve gorilla health by supporting human health programs, the doctors are working with patients and staff at the local Ruhengeri Hospital. Dr. Uppinder Mattu, a third-year resident currently […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 17th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Gorilla Health.
This blog was written by Dr. Jan. The injured female twin.On Monday, October 3, a report came from Susa group trackers that one of the twins of Rumuvu had been killed in an interaction, and that Garuka Kaneza, the 4 year old son of Rumuvu was carrying the dead infant. On 4 October, when we […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 10th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Rescued Gorillas.
Ranger Christian Shamavu and Dr. Jan Ramer with the orphan.By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer On the evening of October 6, Emmanuel de Merode, the Chief Park Warden of Virunga National Park, called Dr. Jan and reported that his rangers had successfully rescued a baby Grauer’s gorilla from poachers and were bringing the infant to […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, September 19th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Gorilla Health.
Kubana with a wound on her face.This blog was written by Dr. Jan. On the afternoon of September 17 Veronica Vecellio from Karisoke Research Center reported that there was an interaction in Ugenda group with an unidentified lone silverback. Inziza, an adult female, tried to follow the lone silverback and her 3.5-year-old daughter Igitangaza tried […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, September 16th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Gorilla Health.
Mwirima with juveniles and infants crossing a water stream.Dr. Fred, MGVP’s Ugandan field veterinarian, offers his annual report on the health status of the habituated gorilla groups in Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga National Parks. Rushegura Group Rushegura is one of the biggest groups in Bwindi with 22 gorillas. The group is still under leadership of […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, September 15th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Gorilla Health.
Ibidukikije wants to be near Kwitonda.Dr. Jan reports on a recent case in Kwitonda group: One September 3, Elisabeth Nyirakaragire, Volcanoes National Park’s Veterinary Warden received a call at 12:30 that Ibidukikije, the two-year-old infant son of Kibyei in Kwitonda group, was having difficulty moving and deteriorating. We immediately arranged to go to the group, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Gorilla Health.
As Dr. Jan observes the Hirwa twins, they enjoy observing her. Dr. Jan reports on her routine health check visit with Hirwa group in Volcanoes National park, Rwanda. Today I visited Hirwa group for a routine health check. We found the group at 8:00 am in the area called Sanzari. The group was very calm, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, September 12th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Clinical Interventions.
The ailing Ntobo lies on the ground. Drs. Jean-Felix Kinani and Jan Ramer report on the case of Ntobo, a female gorilla in Volcanoes National Park who died on September 9, 2011. From Dr. Jean Felix on September 8: Yesterday, Karisoke Research Center (KRC) trackers requested a veterinary assessment for Ntobo, one of the females […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Gorilla Health.
On her recent health check with Susa group in Volcanoes National Park, Dr. Jan was able to get some good shots and video footage of female Rumuvu and her twins and the new baby of Rwandarushya. Here is her report: Susa group feeding.I visited Susa group after a new baby was reported, and there were […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 26th, 2011 in Archive, Blog, Rescued Gorillas.
Poor little orphan Ndakasi can’t catch a break. The four-year-old mountain gorilla orphan who sustained a bad concussion falling out of tree in July gave the Gorilla Doctors and Virunga National Park staff another health scare this month when she became ill with an infection of unknown origin. Read Dr. Jan’s dispatches about Ndakasi’s illness […]
