It was a big day at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine as zoological medicine residents strapped a 376-pound alligator to a table and began taking blood samples. The alligator's name is Brooke, so named because he originally lived at the Brookfield Zoo before spending nearly 20 years at his current home, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park. The park's reptile curator said that Brooke had recently been showing symptoms, including "intermittent head-rolling" in his lagoon habitat, so he was brought to UF to be examined and treated. For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/life/animals/st-augustine-alligator-medical-treatment-university-of-florida/67-8012def6-5383-4168-857b-3166592ef72d ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay