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Projects

Elephant Tuberculosis Initiative - surveillance and follow-up care for elephants and mahouts in Asia; research to improve diagnostics and treatment
India: TB and Healthcare Evaluations - Supporting/advising on comprehensive medical evaluation and disease survey of 800 captive elephants in India by Indian partners
Africa: Alternative to Culling - Testing a new long-acting contraceptive
Nepal: TB Project - Field-tested new diagnostic techniques in the first  comprehensive TB testing of an elephant population in Asia. 
Sri Lanka: Saving Elephants by Helping People - Establishing alternative crops to provide sustainable livelihoods for villagers in areas of high human-elephant conflict

Elephant Publications -

• Elephant Biology, Medicine, and Surgery,
  the first modern elephant care text book

• Sumatran Elephants in Crisis―Time for Change,
  S. Mikota, H. Hammatt, and Y. Fahrimal, a book chapter in
   Elephants and Ethics (in press)

Resources for Elephant Professionals - This website with:

• Elephant Healthcare Bibliographic Database

• Elephant Formulary

• Vital Signs and Physiological Values for Elephants

• Medication Techniques

• Bulletin Board

• Elephant Protocols, Manuals, & Standards

• Disease Fact Sheets

Sumatran Elephant Healthcare and Conservation - After 3 years of fieldwork, we are still fighting for change to save elephants in peril in Indonesia.
Additional projects - necropsy teams, small grants program, online elephant medical image library, PowerPoint collections on elephant healthcare, etc.

Elephant Project - Sumatra
Introduction
The "Pocket Elephants" of Sumatra
History of Elephant Centers on Sumatra 
Husbandry and Healthcare Issues
Riau Elephant Center
Sumatran Elephant Project Goals and Objectives
WWF Asian Elephant Conservation Strategy in Indonesia
Image Gallery

Project Newsletters from Sumatra
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April 2001
June 2001
December 2001
November 2002
March 2003
Latest News

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Background
Categories
Comprehensive Keyword List and Cross-reference Index
 

Scientific Topics

Elephas Maximus - Asiatic Elephant - Weights & Physiological Reference Ranges (International Species Information System - ISIS)
Loxodonta africana - African Elephant Weights & Physiological Reference Ranges  (International Species Information System - ISIS)
Guidelines for the Control of Tuberculosis in Elephants 2003 (National Tuberculosis Working Group for Zoo and Wildlife Species)
Instructions for Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) Sample Submission (AZA - U.S.)
Recommendations for EEHV (Herpes Virus) Testing and Transport of Elephants 2002  (AZA - U.S.)
West Nile Virus Update in Elephants (USA)
Elephant Vital Signs and Physiological Parameters (compiled by Susan Mikota DVM 2006)
Elephant Necropsy Protocol 2005 (AZA - U.S.)
Elephant Serum Bank Submission Form (AZA - U.S.)
Post-mortem Procedures for Wildlife Veterinarians and Field Biologists  (African Elephants)
 (Published jointly by the Office International des Epizooties, Care for the Wild and the Veterinary Specialist Group/Species Survival Commission
Elephant Research And Tissue Request Protocol 2005 (AZA and Elephant Research Foundation)

Management Topics

Guidelines For Comprehensive Elephant Health Monitoring Program (SSP - AZA - USA)
May 2005
AZA Standards for Elephant Management and Care (AZA)
Management Guidelines for Elephants, (BIAZA - British & Irish Association of Zoos & Aquariums)
Recommended Elephant Preshipment Guidelines 2003  (AZA - USA)
Captive Elephant Management Rules (DRAFT) (Kerala, India) 
Handbook Elephants: Nutrition and Dietary Husbandry Nutrition Advisory Group of the  AZA
Practical Elephant Management A Handbook for Mahouts  (India)
Elephant Birth Protocol (Riddle's Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary ( U.S.)
Standard Guidelines for Elephant Management 2005 (EMA- U.S.)
Transport Guidelines For Elephants 2002  (AZA - U.S.)
Quarantine Guidelines For Elephants 2003 (AZA - U.S.)
Draft Statement of Principles Elephant Acquisition and Management (Australian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (ARAZPA)

Vet Formulary for Elephants

   Drug Monographs Index

   Ophthalmic Products

   Medication Techniques

   Vital Signs and Physiological Values for
       Elephants

   Appendices

 
   Tables of Parenteral Fluids
   Abbreviations Used In Prescription Writing
   Solubility Definitions
   Conversion Tables
   Millequivalents & Molecular Weights
   Conversion of Conventional Chemistry Units to
       SI Units
   Simple Formula for Diluting Solutions
   Monographs sorted by therapeutic class /
        indication
   Bibliography for original Plumb work
   References for original Plumb work
   References for Mikota Work

 

Elephant Bulletin Board

Risk & Ethics in Int'l Conservation

Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants

 

Elephant Conservation

To Learn More:    
Chadwick letter            
Human-Elephant Conflict     
Ivory and Elephants
Elephant Demographics                           Statistics
Plus, see the African Elephant Specialist Group Information at  AfESG Conservation Priorities

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