Correlating nutritional deficiency with cataract diagnosis in hand reared asiatic lion cub (Panthera leo persica) Jhirwal S.K.1,*, Rathore S.S.2, Gahlot T.K.3 Department of Veterinary Surgery and RadiologyCollege of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS)Bikaner - 34001 (Rajasthan) 1Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Surgery and RadiologyCollege of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS)Bikaner - 34001 (Rajasthan) 2Wildlife Rescue Centre, Machia Biological Park, Jodhpur 3Professor Department of Veterinary Surgery and RadiologyCollege of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS)Bikaner - 34001 (Rajasthan) *Corresponding author. E-mail: jhirwal72@gmail.com
Online Published on 20 April, 2022. Abstract Mother's milk is a potential contributing nutritional involved in safeguarding the cubs against ophthalmic disorders such as juvenile cataract as the cub in our study was hand reared using artificial milk formula and developed bilateral cataract. The affected cub was compared with other siblings that had been nursed by their dam naturally. The development of cataract was noticed after about forty five (45) days of hand rearing using artificial milk formula. Bilateral cataracts was noticed with no signs of vision. The bilateral cataract could be correlated with history to nutritonal deficiency. Top Keywords Cataract, Deficiency, Hand reared, Lion cub. Top |