We Research with Captive Animals for Human and Animal

Abstract

I give medical treatment as a veterinarian in some zoo and aquarium, and get cooperation of many people every day. Thanks to them, therefore, I can do "research". It is repeated routinely in the zoo and aquarium that we know things we did not know about the animal, and I think that such a thing became the seed of the research. The research for me is to transmit and share new knowledges useful for many people. Although it was difficult by myself to grow the seed of the research which is scattered a lot in the zoo and aquarium, the cooperation with many research friends of the workplace and university was able to grow it. We study the methods of the early detection and early treatment in penguin’s aspergillosis, blood collection from brown bear without anesthesia, the brown bear skin glands, and the method of the brown bear sperm collection. These studies were means to solve a reproductive problem or the friction between the wild animal and human, or to carry out a necessary stage of the treatment. The beginning of research is so various, and all research themes were born from daily life in the zoo and aquarium. The cooperation and communication with many people are important for the research. I think that the research makes rapid progress by communication. I will continue to do my best for human and animals considering the importance of communication.