Bilateral Phacoemulsification in an African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) [PDF]
Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine, 2019 A 37-year-old bull African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at the North Carolina Zoo (NCZ) was diagnosed with bilateral cataracts leading to behavioral changes and significant weight loss secondary to functional blindness.
Anthony J. Cerreta +7 more
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Ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) and African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) [PDF]
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2019 Eight ixodid tick species were collected from 173 African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kenya, northern Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and two species were collected from six African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in the Republic of Congo. A
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Unilateral phacoemulsification in a captive African elephant (Loxodonta africana). [PDF]
Open Vet J, 2020 The following case reports describe the clinical presentation, surgical protocol, post-operative care, and long-term follow-up of an African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) presenting with a unilateral cataract.A 42-year-old female African elephant presented for the assessment of ocular discomfort and visual deterioration in the left eye.
Manchip KEL +3 more
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Conserved core microbiota in managed and free-ranging Loxodonta africana elephants [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in animal health and homeostasis, particularly in endangered species conservation. This study investigated the fecal microbiota composition of European captive-bred African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana ...
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Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1978 The present report is published because of the paucity of publication on the mitotic chromosomes of the African elephant Loxodonta africana, and because it is the fisrt study in which the meiotic chromosomes of the species are described.
C. Wallace
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Observable Metabolites and Metabolomic Sampling Protocols for Managed African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Whole Blood Using H-NMR Spectroscopy [PDF]
Metabolites, 2022 We used nuclear magnetic spectroscopy (NMR) to evaluate the metabolomics of heparinized whole blood drawn from six African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) maintained on a well characterized diet.
Jordan Wood +6 more
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Effects of diet, habitat, and phylogeny on the fecal microbiome of wild African savanna (Loxodonta africana) and forest elephants (L. cyclotis) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The gut microbiome, or the community of microorganisms inhabiting the digestive tract, is often unique to its symbiont and, in many animal taxa, is highly influenced by host phylogeny and diet.
Kris Budd +5 more
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Environmental Determinants of Foraging Site Revisitation by African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the spatial patterns of herbivore habitat use is important for understanding ecological processes and ecosystem management. Past research has mainly focused on explaining herbivore habitat selection, to the extent that environmental ...
Suzanne Antoinette Jacob +4 more
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Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Free-Ranging African Elephants
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Mycobacterium bovis infection in wildlife species occurs worldwide. However, few cases of M. bovis infection in captive elephants have been reported.
Michele A. Miller +12 more
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Quantifying forest elephant social structure in Central African bai environments
Pachyderm, 2008 Relatively little is known of social dynamics in forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), although the fission-fusion model of sociality known in savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana africana) is used as a template.
Vicki Fishlock +2 more
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