Vets' expertise in endoscopic surgery benefits unique conservation project in the Galapagos Islands
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 08:31
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists, including several from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, used their expertise in endoscopic surgery to benefit a unique conservation project in the Galapagos Islands. Using minimally-invasive keyhole surgery, the vets sterilized 39 giant tortoises so that conservationists could restore this importantand long missingherbivore to Pinta, a small island in the Galapagos chain.