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Identification of African Elephant Polyomavirus in wild elephants and the creation of a vector expressing its viral tumor antigens to transform elephant primary cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Wild elephant populations are declining rapidly due to rampant killing for ivory and body parts, range fragmentation, and human-elephant conflict.
Virginia R Pearson +9 more
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An adolescent female African elephant (Loxodonta africana) gave birth to an abnormal calf [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceMaternal nutrition and the uterine environment can influence placental development in mammals, leading to the birth of abnormal infants who often experience difficulties in independent standing.
Yujing Duan +4 more
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African Elephant Specialist Group
Pachyderm, 2002 This report begins by noting ongoing work of the Human Elephant Conflict Task Force, including the GIS mapping of range areas in specific study locations, the work towards translocating just over a dozen amimals from Arly to Burkina Faos which is the
Holly Dublin
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African elephants and contraception [PDF]
Nature, 2001 Protected from hunting and provided with access to water-holes during droughts, elephant numbers can double in a decade, severely damaging natural vegetation and the many species dependent upon it. Culling is an effective but controversial control strategy, so Fayrer-Hosken et al.1 have assessed the efficacy of using immunocontraception through ...
S L, Pimm, R J, van Aarde
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Immunocontraception of African elephants [PDF]
Nature, 2000 A humane method to control elephant populations without behavioural side effects. Concerted efforts to nurture elephant populations have resulted in elephant overpopulation in several areas, which in turn has led to damaging levels of browsing. As an alternative to culling entire family groups in order to control this damage, we have developed an ...
R A, Fayrer-Hosken +4 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 While spontaneous yawning is common across all vertebrate classes, contagious yawning is less common and has been observed only in a few species of social animals.
Zoë T. Rossman +4 more
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African Elephant Specialist Group Meeting Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 26 to 31 January, 1998
Pachyderm, 1998 This section of the journal serves as the published record of the USFWS supported AfESG meeting held in Ouagadougou at the end of January 1998. Contents include: 5 full papers and the abstracts of 6 others which comprised the Current Issues Session; two
Elephant African
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Pachyderm, 1993 Refers to the terms of reference and summarizes the discussion of the Ground Survey Working Group chaired by Raman Sukumar. The differences between the surveys carried out in the regions were noted, the decision making steps taken before the survey was ...
Elephant African
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Pachyderm, 1995 Two main working groups, one focused on human-elephant conflict and the other on trade and illegal hunting, were convened and each divided into sub-groups to discuss specific aspects of the theme.
Elephant African
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Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are imperiled by poaching and habitat loss. Despite global attention to the plight of elephants, their population sizes and trends are uncertain or unknown over much of Africa.
Michael J. Chase +13 more
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