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Cover image: Members of the Dalubao herd of Asian elephants feed on corn beside a rubber plantation in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. Dalubao means “bulge” in the local dialect, a name given to the herd because one female has a conspicuous swelling on her left shoulder. As China’s recovering elephant population increasingly uses agricultural
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Re: Asian Elephant Conservation-Too Elephantocentric? Towards a Biocultural Approach of Conservation. [PDF]
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Electrocardiography of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2009Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are infrequently performed on Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), and few studies have been reported in the literature. The aim of this study was to determine reference ranges of ECG parameters in Asian elephants and to ascertain if age, body weight, and position of the elephant significantly affected the ECG ...
Noha Abou-Madi, George V Kollias
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Incidence of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus in Asian elephants in India
Veterinary Microbiology, 2017Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHVs) are the cause of acute hemorrhagic disease in endangered Asian and African elephants. In the present study, we report the incidence of EEHV infection and associated mortality in the captive elephant of Assam, India.
Nagendra N, Barman +11 more
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Proceedings: Animal Sciences, 1988
Records of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were used to derive parameters of the von Bertalanffy function for growth in height, body weight and circumference of tusks with age. There was some evidence for a post-pubertal secondary growth spurt in both male and female elephants.
Sukumar, R, Joshi, NV, Krishnamurthy, V
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Records of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were used to derive parameters of the von Bertalanffy function for growth in height, body weight and circumference of tusks with age. There was some evidence for a post-pubertal secondary growth spurt in both male and female elephants.
Sukumar, R, Joshi, NV, Krishnamurthy, V
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Urinalysis in Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2009Urine was collected from 22 healthy female adult Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and analyzed for the purpose of determining normal biochemical and microscopic parameters. Findings included urine that was less concentrated compared to other mammals, predominantly alkaline pH, crystalluria of varying types in all samples, and minimal cellularity ...
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The exploitation of Asian elephants
1996Asian elephants have a unique status as the only domesticated animal whose population depends on the recruitment of individuals caught in the wild. Elephants are used in their native countries such as India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand for forestry work, religious festivals and in timber yards and are also housed in temples and logging camps. They
Jacob V. Cheeran, Trevor B. Poole
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