On 31 January, was carried out an operation that has only one precedent in the United States, in fact a group of five orthopedic veterinarians led by an Italian veterinarian, drew a female Malayan tiger eight years implanting a prosthesis hip.
's animal was lame for about a year and suffered from osteoarthritis.
The prosthesis was custom built according to figures compiled by the ACT, and after an operation in which the animal is asleep, veterinarians have removed the head of the femur and replaced it with a prosthesis fixed with special screws to support the weight of 80 kg
Now the tiger is well and will, finish the treatment, return to his life.
The prosthesis was built the titanium, the strongest material for human medicine.
that of Malaysia are among the most endangered tiger (500 specimens total) is therefore important to preserve any existing object in the world.
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