Recommendation for Four Applications of Research in Aquarium

Abstract

ABSTRACT.　Initially, an aquarium veterinarian is responsible for the treatment of the marine mammals. Therefore, it is hard to say whether or not they have been conducting research. For example, in Japan there is no standard dosage for drugs used with marine mammals. However, it has become possible to show drug dosage administration through the writing of case reports respectively. There is a great deal of data concerning the daily and monthly measurement of body temperature, blood, weight, etc. Therefore, any physiological and/or clinical change will be shown in this data, and should be reanalyzed. In addition, the data contained in studbooks allows us to know data values for animals in captivity at the national level. For cooperative research, aquarium veterinarians not only support animal care for research, but also write research manuscripts. In conclusion, I would like to state that research for the aquarium veterinarian will lead to building a clinical foundation for the marine mammals.