Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center Receives New X-Ray Machines
By Space Coast Daily // December 16, 2024
Brevard Zoo's Sea Turtle Healing Center was started in 2014
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Since its inception in 2014, the Sea Turtle Healing Center has nurtured hundreds of sea turtle patients back to health with the goal of returning them to their ocean home.
Each time a sea turtle comes through the doors of their L3Harris Animal Care Center, their dedicated veterinary staff takes ultrasounds and radiographs—or X-rays—of the turtle.
These diagnostics help the team navigate the patient’s condition and determine the next steps in treating any injuries or illnesses.
Thanks to a generous $21,732 grant from the Sea Turtle Conservancy, the Healing Center has been able to purchase two brand-new radiology generators!
Ideally, the new stationary generator will free our staff’s hands to position squirmy patients for x-rays, and the portable generator will let their staff conveniently work around the needs of our turtles.
“We will also be able to use it outside, so we do not have to move fragile or sensitive turtles in and out of the hospital to gather these crucial diagnostics.”
Though we’ve only started to use the new machines, they are already a huge help to their team!
Capocollo is a green sea turtle who has been in our care since February because of a whole assortment of ailments from bone infections to pneumonia, Jess said.
Because the team takes frequent X-rays tomonitor their condition, our new machines certainly come in handy!
It’s their hope that they are in the final weeks of Cappy’s treatment before their release.
