scholarly journals PODODERMATITE EM ELEFANTE-ASIÁTICO (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS LINNAEUS, 1758), MANTIDO SOB CUIDADOS HUMANOS

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
RODRIGO HIDALGO FRICIELLO TEIXEIRA ◽  
Ronnie Von Mateus Ferereira ◽  
Lanna Torrezan ◽  
Natalia Todesco ◽  
André Luiz Mota Costa
Keyword(s):  
Elephas Maximus

O elefante é um dos maiores mamíferos terrestres, são carismáticos e bastante populares em jardins zoológicos. Um exemplar de elefante-asiático (Elephas maximus), fêmea, adulta, mantido sob cuidados humanos, com idade aproximada de 60 anos, pesando aproximadamente três toneladas, apresentava claudicação dos membros locomotores, relutância em se movimentar e com histórico de pododermatite em membros anteriores e posteriores. Foram observadas lesões na planta da pata com presença de secreção purulenta, hipequeratose, erosões e áreas de necrose. Com auxílio de swabs estéreis, amostras das lesões foram enviadas ao laboratório para cultura e antibiograma. O resultado laboratorial apontou o crescimento bacteriano de Klebsiella sp e Citrobacter sp. O antibiograma revelou sensibilidade para os antiobióticos: amoxicilina e ácido clavulônico, cefalexina, enrofloxacina, gentamicina, neomicina e sulfametoxazol e trimetoprim.  

Social Dynamics of a Newly Integrated Bachelor Group of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus): Welfare implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Amy L. Schreier ◽  
Taylor S. Readyhough ◽  
Anneke Moresco ◽  
Maura Davis ◽  
Sharon Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Elephas Maximus ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Welfare Implications

Sex determination among Elephas maximus faecal samples collected from selected sampling plots in Taman Negara National Parks, Peninsular Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayal Vizi Karuppannan ◽  
Khairul Amirin Mohamed ◽  
Charles Keliang ◽  
Nurul Azura Mohd Naim ◽  
Mohd Firdaus Ariff Abdul Razak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Elephas Maximus ◽  
Faecal Samples

scholarly journals Social structure and demography of a remnant Asian elephant Elephas maximus population and the implications for survival

Oryx ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Lauren J. Hale ◽  
Kun Shi ◽  
Tania C. Gilbert ◽  
Kelvin S.-H. Peh ◽  
Philip Riordan
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Asian Elephant ◽  
Elephas Maximus ◽  
Effective Density ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressures ◽  
Sex Ratio Bias ◽  
Elephant Population

Abstract The Asian elephant Elephas maximus is at risk of extinction as a result of anthropogenic pressures, and remaining populations are often small and fragmented remnants, occupying a fraction of the species' former range. Once widely distributed across China, only a maximum of 245 elephants are estimated to survive across seven small populations. We assessed the Asian elephant population in Nangunhe National Nature Reserve in Lincang Prefecture, China, using camera traps during May–July 2017, to estimate the population size and structure of this genetically important population. Although detection probability was low (0.31), we estimated a total population size of c. 20 individuals, and an effective density of 0.39 elephants per km2. Social structure indicated a strong sex ratio bias towards females, with only one adult male detected within the population. Most of the elephants associated as one herd but three adult females remained separate from the herd throughout the trapping period. These results highlight the fragility of remnant elephant populations such as Nangunhe and we suggest options such as a managed metapopulation approach for their continued survival in China and more widely.

Estimation of body weight in Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus)

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. Sreekumar ◽  
G. Nirmalan
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Elephas Maximus
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