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the work of a zoo vet

 

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I've chosen the article whose name's A PEDICURE FOR AN ELEPHANT. It's on page 24 and 25 in the Bridge-magazine. It’s written by Paul Farrington-Douglas. He tells us something about the work of a zoo vet. Roman Vodička is a vet at the Prague Zoo. He took Paul to the zoo with him so Paul could look at Vodička's job. Paul could watch an important part of an elephant’s care routine. He watched Rudi, a three-year-old elephant, be trained. Rudi must train to be able to submit to veterinarians during some treatments.

Looking after an elephant is a huge job. Every elephant needs to be kept clean and checked for injury. Teeth and gums must be checked for infection. Toenails crack and need filing. None of this can be done without the elephant’s co­operation. This is why elephants must be trained.

Roman comes to visit the elephants every two weeks. This is to make sure that they know him and he also needs to draw blood for testing. The testing is very important, because all Indian elephants carry a form of some virus. While it is usually inactive it can become active with no warning. An active infection is very dangerous and can kill an elephant.

It is interesting that Roman is the only full-time veterinarian for 5,000 animals at the Prague Zoo, Sometimes some technicians and some part-timers help him. This would not be possible without the help of zookeepers. Every animal is cared for by one or more owners and when they find out that the animal is sick, they report it and vet is called.

A zoo vet’s work is different from that of a domestic animal vet or a farm vet. The animals in the zoo are very diverse and not tame. It also often happens that he has to deal with a case that has not been described in the world, or maybe only once. For example, there was only one case of C-section in a giraffe. Roman performed this operation for the second time in the world.

Congratulations, the piece is well written and interesting, and there are hardly any grammatical mistakes. Having said that, there are a few Czechisms that could be ironed out, and in terms of composition, a succession of short staccato sentences is not good style in English, so we try to link the ideas together to create a better flow. I'd offer the following suggestions (the text in blue should replace the adjacent text in italics ):

I've chosen the article whose name's called A PEDICURE FOR AN ELEPHANT. It's on page 24 and 25 in the Bridge-magazine and it’s written by Paul Farrington-Douglas, who tells us something about the work of a zoo vet. Roman Vodička is a vet at the Prague Zoo, and he took Paul to the zoo with him so Paul could look at Vodička's job to see what his work involves. Paul could watch had the opportunity to observe an important part of an elephant’s care routine. He watched Rudi, a three-year-old elephant, be trained in training. Rudi must train needs the training to be able to submit to veterinarians allow the vets to work safely when they treat him. during some treatments.

Looking after an elephant is a huge job. Every elephant needs to be kept clean and checked for injury. Teeth and gums must be checked for infection. Toenails crack and need filing. None of this can be done without the elephant’s co­operation. This is why elephants must be trained.

Roman comes to visit the elephants every two weeks This is to make sure that they know recognise him and he also needs to draw blood for testing take blood samples. The testing is very important, because all Indian elephants carry a form of some virus. While it is usually inactive it can become active with no warning. An active infection is very dangerous and can kill an elephant.

It is interesting that Roman is the only full-time veterinarian for 5,000 animals at the Prague Zoo, though sometimes some technicians and some part-timers help him. This would not be possible without the help of the zookeepers. Every animal is cared for by one or more owners keepers and when@ if they find out that the animal is sick, they report it and the vet is called.

A zoo vet’s work is different from that of a domestic animal vet or a farm vet. The animals in the zoo are very diverse and not tame. It also often happens that he has to deal with a case that has not been described previously seen anywhere in the world, or maybe only once. For example, there was had previously been only one case of a Caesarean section in a giraffe, and Roman was only the second person anywhere in the world to perform this operation. performed this operation for the second time in the world.

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