• Question: What is the most complicated procedure that can be used on animals, and what would the process be?

    Asked by zeeri to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 3 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 3 Jul 2012:


      I don’t really understand the question. The most complicated medical/veterinary thing I have heard of is a complete reconstruction of the bones in a dog’s foot using metal, but I don’t really take much interest.

    • Photo: Philippa Bird

      Philippa Bird answered on 4 Jul 2012:


      You can do anything on an animal that you would on a person (eg heart surgery), it’s just whether you have an owner prepared to pay enough to have it done!

    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 4 Jul 2012:


      I don’t know exactly what you’re asking, but in medical terms I believe that most animals have very similar internal organs to humans and most medical procedures that you can do on a human could be done on animals.
      Is that what you meant?

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