Man-Animal Interaction: Conflict & Coexistance

[Dark Jaguar]

Case 2 – Jaguar

https://www.researchgate.net/publication...thera_onca


A 46-year-old male attended Cáceres Regional Hospital (Mato Grosso State, Brazil). Cáceres is a municipality located in the Pantanal region, a lowland flooded area featuring intense wildlife activity. The victim reported that he was attacked by a jaguar (Panthera onca), when he was in a pasture with other workers looking for a missing horse. He felt a strong smell and imagined that it could be of the dead horse and found an alligator (caiman) carcass. The jaguar that was devouring the carcass appeared and attacked the patient, who tried to defend himself by raising his arm in front of his face and was bitten. The attack caused lacerated skin, muscle lesions and open fractures of the bones of the left forearm (Figure 2). The dogs who accompanied the patient attacked the jaguar, causing it to deflect the attack and leave the victim. When dogs reacted, the animal climbed on a tree and soon after, tried to attack the victim again, but it was driven away by the fellows who arrived on the scene.

The patient was referred to the Cáceres Regional Hospital and taken into the emergency room. The exam showed extensive lacerations on his left forearm, with open fractures next to the wrist. Simple radiological examinations revealed radius and ulna fractures, with axis deviation and presence of fragments in the area. The injuries were washed thoroughly with saline solution and antisepsis was performed with povidone. The devitalized tissues were extracted and after orthopedic surgery, the fractured bones were aligned and fixed with rods.

The treatment also utilized Penrose drains, sutures by planes with mononylon 4-0 and compressive dressings. Prevention of infection was performed with Cephalothin 1.0 g IV 6/6 hours and gentamicin 60 mg IV 8/8 hours. The SAT (anti-tetanus serum) was applied at a dose of 5000 U IM. He was vaccinated against rabies (05 doses intramuscularly), received rabies immunoglobulin (20 IU/kg) and daily dressings. The patient progressed satisfactorily and was discharged after six months of follow-up.

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