One baby orangutan develops fever at Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoo, under observation
Officials said one of the babies had been showing high body temperature since Sunday and was being administered medicines to control it
At Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park, one of the five recently quarantined baby orangutans has developed a fever, raising concerns about the health of the animals, which are not native to India. The infant has been running a high temperature since Sunday and is receiving medication to control the fever. Veterinarians are closely monitoring its condition and providing around-the-clock care, according to a senior official.
The other four orangutans are reportedly healthy and responding normally. Niranjan Sahoo, a former director of the Centre for Wildlife Health, suggests establishing the cause of the fever is crucial to determine the risk to the other animals. He notes that stress from transportation and a weak immune system could contribute to the fever, as well as the amount of colostrum, or the mother's first milk, the infants received initially.
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