Successful management of acute-onset torticollis in a giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)

Scientific Studies

Successful management of acute-onset torticollis in a giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)

  • October 4 2023
  • Companion Studies

Published: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 2013; 44(1): 181-185. doi: 10.1638/1042-7260-44.1.181

Keyword: giraffe, torticollis, low-level laser therapy, chiropractic, physical therapy

Author(s): "Dadone LL, Haussler KK, Brown G, Marsden M, Gaynor J, Johnston MS, Garelle D"

Case study report of combined application of laser therapy and cervical range of motion exercises that produced marked clinical improvement for a  giraffe with severe acute onset torticollis.