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Zoo trains orangutans to sit still for an ultrasound heart exam, hopes to fight heart disease – The Washington Post

by greatapeheartproject on April 20, 2012

Read  the Washington Post’s article about the first successful awake ultrasound of orangutans at Zoo Atlanta:

Zoo trains orangutans to sit still for an ultrasound heart exam, hopes to fight heart disease – The Washington Post.

For more information about cardiac health care at Zoo Atlanta, click this link to watch a video by the Associate Press:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/atlantas-zoo-leads-research-on-ape-hearts/2012/04/20/gIQAcaYvUT_video.html

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From: AZA, GAHP Projects, Orangutans, Zoo Atlanta
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