Management Of Electrocution In A Free Range Rhesus Monkey

Electrical injuries in animals occur most often accidentally. A juvenile free range rhesus monkey was presented on lateral recumbency in an unconscious state by the peeps suspecting electrocution. Singed hairs, stiffened palms, singing odour from the body and a cut-wound by the wire (burn injury) in the palms were the clinical findings. Emergency implementation of fluid therapy, analgesics and life saving drugs were successful in managing electrocution.