09/01/2026
Our very own Dr. Liza!
Excited to have co-authored a new textbook chapter on diagnostic imaging in giraffe and okapi with veterinary radiologist Dr. Seng Wai (Darrel) Yap. The chapter appears in the newly published Diagnostic Imaging of Zoo and Wild Mammals.
Their size and the logistical and safety considerations surrounding sedation and anesthesia can make giraffids challenging to image. Yet radiography, ultrasound, CT, MRI, and thermography can help us identify and understand disease that may be difficult to recognize through observation alone.
This chapter includes practical approaches, normal and abnormal imaging findings, clinical examples, and what can be accomplished through voluntary participation, standing sedation, and anesthesia.
Thank you to the book’s editors, Drs Michael J. Adkesson, Eric T. Hostnik, and Matthew E. Kinney, for bringing together this comprehensive resource, and to the many colleagues and institutions whose experience, cases, and images contributed to the chapter. We hope it supports informed, collaborative care for giraffe and okapi.
Book cover image credit: Wiley.
