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For Immediate Release
Contact: Tajiana Ancora-Brown
813.933.8944
tajiana@bluepearlpartners.com
Injured Bobcat Received Major Surgery
Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, December 01, 2009 – Dr. Mark Levy, a Board certified veterinary surgeon, conducted surgery on an injured Florida bobcat. The bobcat was found over the holiday weekend in the middle of the road by a bus driver near Linebaugh Avenue and Nixon Road. The bus driver was able to nudge the bobcat out of the middle of the road into the bike lane, but could not get the bobcat to step up onto the curb. Chris and Carole with Big Cat Rescue raced to the scene with nets and carriers.
After a small chase into a nearby field, Chris dove in after the bobcat and managed to net her. She was then transported to Ehrlich Road Animal Hospital where Dr. Liz Wynn met them to take over in her diagnosis and care. The bobcat had an old wound on her side that was raw and exposed. She had scraped her nose during the impact and X-rays showed that her left rear leg was broken in such a way that traditional pinning would not be sufficient to repair the damage, due to her wild nature and impulse to chew her leg off, rather than have an exterior plate to secure the pins. Dr. Wynn tested her for AIDS to make sure she would be a candidate for release and then called Florida Veterinary Specialists to place her on the schedule for major surgery.
Dr. Levy and his surgical team did all of the repairs internally so there is nothing external for her to gnaw at and re-injure herself. Her tail was broken, completely separated and de-gloved so it was amputated by the surgical team. The bobcat appears to be a healthy, young female with a good prognosis of surviving surgery. She is currently recovering from surgery at Big Cat Rescue.
Florida Veterinary Specialists is a referral-based hospital with 24-hour emergency care services dedicated to providing a superior level of patient and client care through close cooperation with the family practitioner. Their specialized services include Acupuncture, Avian & Exotic, Behavioral Medicine, Cardiology, Critical Care, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Oncology & Radiation, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Rehabilitation and Surgery. Florida Veterinary Specialists is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is located at 3000 Busch Lake Blvd. in Tampa. In addition to its Tampa location, FVS has satellite facilities in Clearwater and Brandon. For further information, please visit www.fvs.com.
Florida Veterinary Specialists is a member hospital of BluePearl Veterinary Partners, along with NYC Veterinary Specialists (www.nycvs.com), Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center of Kansas City (www.vseckc.com) and Moxie Center of Minnesota (www.moxiecenter.com). BluePearl Veterinary Partners merged in 2008 and is one of the leading providers of emergency and specialized referral veterinary medicine.
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