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Future of Thailand's captive elephants: commentary on Baker & Winkler on elephant rewilding [PDF]

, 2020
Removal from natural habitat and commodification as private property compromise elephants’ broader societal value. Although we support Baker & Winkler’s (2020) plea for a new community-based rewilding conservation model focused on mahout culture, we ...
Bates, Lucy, Henley, Michelle, Slotow, Rob, van de Water, Antoinette   +3 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
We tested wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India and confirmed infection in 3 animals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an obligate human pathogen, by PCR and genetic sequencing.
Arun Zachariah, Jeganathan Pandiyan, G.K. Madhavilatha, Sathish Mundayoor, Bathrachalam Chandramohan, P.K. Sajesh, Sam Santhosh, Susan K. Mikota   +7 more
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A note on the presence of the Elephant Louse Haematomyzus elephantis piaget (Mallophaga: Rhynchophthirina) in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1984
First described in 1869, this rather unusual insect has been found to be a common ectoparasite on the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), and has been collected in low numbers from the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in nearly all of sub-saharan ...
L.E.O Braack
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Skeletal pathology and variable anatomy in elephant feet assessed using computed tomography [PDF]

, 2017
Foot problems are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in elephants, but are underreported due to difficulties in diagnosis, particularly of conditions affecting the bones and internal structures. Here we evaluate post-mortem computer tomographic (CT)
Benjamin, Carciofi, Carlson, Choudhury, Craig, Csuti, Dyson, Dyson, Fowler, Fowler, Gage, Galateanu, Genin, Hagihara, Haspeslagh, Hautier, Hittmair, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Kaulfers, Kofler, Lewis, Luikart, Miller, Morandi, Muehleman, Mumby, Nigam, O’Brien, O’Donnell, Panagiotopoulou, Pritchett, Ramsay, Regnault, Roth, Ruhoy, Sarin, Shaibani, Siegal-Willott, Siegal-Willott, Steel, Stilson, Weissengruber   +42 more
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Spatial and Temporal Habitat Use of an Asian Elephant in Sumatra [PDF]

, 2013
Increasingly, habitat fragmentation caused by agricultural and human development has forced Sumatran elephants into relatively small areas, but there is little information on how elephants use these areas and thus, how habitats can be managed to sustain ...
Fuller, Todd K., Griffin, Curtice R., Rayl, Nathaniel D., Sitompul, Arnold F.   +3 more
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Human Exposure following Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Multiple Animal Species in a Metropolitan Zoo

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
From 1997 to 2000, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was diagnosed in two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), three Rocky Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), and one black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Los Angeles Zoo. DNA fingerprint patterns suggested
Peter Oh, Reuben Granich, Jim Scott, Ben Sun, Michael Joseph, Cynthia Stringfield, Susan Thisdell, Jothan Staley, Donna Workman-Malcolm, Lee Borenstein, Eleanor Lehnkering, Patrick Ryan, Jeanne Soukup, Annette Nitta, Jennifer Flood   +14 more
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Resolution of the type material of the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 (Proboscidea, Elephantidae) [PDF]

, 2014
The understanding of Earth’s biodiversity depends critically on the accurate identification and nomenclature of species. Many species were described centuries ago, and in a surprising number of cases their nomenclature or type material remain unclear ...
Adrian M. Lister, Alfred L. Roca, Anna-Marie Roos, Anthea Gentry, Artimo, Barnes, Bo Fernholm, Boeseman, Cappellini, Christian D. Kelstrup, Cox, Cox, D. Tim J. Littlewood, David Cram, Eleftheria Palkopoulou, Engel, Enrico Cappellini, Fausto Barbagli, Ishida, Ishida, Jesper V. Olsen, Kelstrup, Lei, Lister, Love Dalén, Lovén, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Mick Watson, Opazo, Paolo Agnelli, Rappsilber, Ray, Ray, Roth, Rozen, Sanders, Shoshani, Slatkes, Ulf S. Johansson, Vidya, Vizcaíno, Wisniewski, Yang, Yasuko Ishida, Zhang   +44 more
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Preferensi Jelajah Harian Gajah Sumatera (Elephas maximus sumatranus) di Taman Nasional Bukit Barisan Selatan (Daily Range Preferences of Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park)

Jurnal Sylva Lestari, 2019
Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is classified as a critically endangered species under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list and is protected under Indonesian law.
Widodo Arif Rohman, Arief Darmawan, Christine Wulandari, Bainah Sari Dewi   +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of Pleistocene mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. [PDF]

PLoS Biology, 2006
Phylogenetic relationships between the extinct woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), and the Asian (Elephas maximus) and African savanna (Loxodonta africana) elephants remain unresolved. Here, we report the sequence of the complete mitochondrial genome
Evgeny I Rogaev, Yuri K Moliaka, Boris A Malyarchuk, Fyodor A Kondrashov, Miroslava V Derenko, Ilya Chumakov, Anastasia P Grigorenko   +6 more
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Population characteristics and habitat suitability of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758) in the Khao Yai National Park, Thailand [PDF]

, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the population and habitat of wild elephants in the Khao Yai National Park, to provide elephant population densities using the line transect method.
Pla-ard, Mananya, Srinopawan, Khanchit, Sukmasuang, Ronglarp   +2 more
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