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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 ...
Susan L, Bartlett +5 more
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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 ...
Ellen, Wiedner +2 more
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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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The Asian Elephant in Captivity
2006Today, one out of three Asian elephants lives in captivity. Although captive elephants have existed since 3,500 years, they have never been domesticated. During the last few decades the life of the captive elephants brought to temples, cities and tourist resorts have become more miserable than it was while they lived in jungle camps.
Fred Kurt, Marion E. Garai
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2018
According to Megasthenes, ambassador from the Seleucid Empire to the Mauryan court in the third century BC, Chandragupta Maurya's army of 30,000 cavalry and 6,00,000 infantry included 9,000 war elephants. Elephantry in the military was first practised in India, spread to southeast Asia and then went west on to the Mediterranean, as Greek king Pyrrhus ...
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According to Megasthenes, ambassador from the Seleucid Empire to the Mauryan court in the third century BC, Chandragupta Maurya's army of 30,000 cavalry and 6,00,000 infantry included 9,000 war elephants. Elephantry in the military was first practised in India, spread to southeast Asia and then went west on to the Mediterranean, as Greek king Pyrrhus ...
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Louse Infestation of Asian Elephants
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1976K K, Kane, R M, Corwin, W J, Boever
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Elephants and empire: The Asian elephant, from Alexander to Akbar
2015This thesis studies the prominence of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) in the historical record. The purpose is to show the impact of elephas on human affairs, most notably in the formation and destruction of empires. Of these empires, two are of primary importance: the conquests of Alexander the Great of Macedon, and the Mughal Empire of ...
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Sexual Selection in Asian Elephants
Science, 1997In an article by Pallava Bagla (Research News, [27 June, p. 1972][1]), a negative correlation between tusk length and parasite numbers in Asian elephant males ([1][2]) is reported, potentially another example of William Hamilton's theory that secondary sexual characteristics may be indicative of parasite levels ([2][3]).
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