Overview
- The Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department opened a portable X-ray service at the Wildlife Hospital in Lahore Safari Zoo and a veterinary team used it to X-ray a fallow deer and a python on site.
- Authorities say the unit removes the need to move animals to fixed hospitals for routine imaging, which they contend lowers stress and the risk of injury during transport.
- Officials reported the technology allows faster and more accurate assessments, which they expect will improve treatment decisions and recovery for injured or sick wildlife.
- The department plans to roll the service out to other conservation facilities as part of a push to modernize veterinary care across the province.
- Diagnostic imaging has traditionally required moving animals to central clinics; portable X-ray units change that workflow but independent outcome data on clinical benefits have not yet been released.