Elephant Listening Project
at Cornell’s Bioacoustics Research Program - FAQ

Engender Health course designed to strengthen
infection prevention practices in low-resource settings.

Iowa State offers fact sheets and powerpoint lectures
on 116 reportable and zoonotic diseases

WildPro
Wildlife Information Network (WIN) is a veterinary science-based Charity provides information on health and management of free-ranging and captive animals and emerging infectious diseases.

"Studying elephants” handbook The online edition of Studying Elephants
is in PDF format, digitized and made available on the web with permission
from the African Wildlife Foundation - offered by the AfESG

Veterinary Care of African Elephants
A downloadable 59 page manual by J. G du Toit

Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals
The purpose is to contribute to the international harmonisation of
methods for the surveillance and control of important animal diseases.

World Wide Wounds is an Internet-only electronic woundcare journal

The Charles Louis Davis, D.V.M. Foundation is the largest organization in the world ... in the formal or informal, study, practice or teaching of ... Veterinary, Wildlife and Zoological Pathology ... A wealth of free pathology information ...

Global Health Network University site features over 2000 lectures on human and veterinary topics including epidemiology, diseases, public health, veterinary preventive medicine, and veterinary virology

Bacteriology resources (2)
   http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/
   http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook

Smithsonian National Zoo Asian Elephant Interactive GIS Atlas
depicts the remaining habitat of Asian elephants, and allows you to zoom in on these regions. Also, if you choose the tab Identify, and click on an area, a box appears and tells you the region, size of region (in hectares), and country.
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Animal Movements And Disease Risk: A Workbook -external link to CBSG
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The elephant’s hoof:
Macroscopic and microscopic morphology of defined locations
under consideration of pathological changes
By Dr. med.vet. Andreas Benz of
Veterinär-Anatomisches Institut der Vetsuisse-Fakultät Universität Zürich

(Caution: 4.4 MB PDF file - PDF Hints)
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December 2005
 The Blue Elephant
A brief personal story from the co-founders...
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August 2005
Hurricane Katrina destroys the home/office of
Elephant Care International Co-founders
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July 2005
 Summary - Elephant Tuberculosis Research Workshop May 2005
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June 2005

Guidelines For Comprehensive
Elephant Health Monitoring Program (SSP - AZA - USA)
May 2005

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February 2005
Smithsonian Zoo seeks elephant keepers
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Risk Assessment and Ethics in
International Conservation Projects
Hank Hammatt
Susan Mikota DVM
Elephant Care International

A presentation delivered at the
Zoos & Aquariums:
Committing to Conservation Conference
January 26th-30th, 2005

Includes links to resources on risk and ethics
for international conservation projects
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Yudha contacts us! Jan 25, 05
Update on Tsunami impact in Aceh
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January 2005
Tsunami Information
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August 2004
Summary of Updates

The Bulletin Board has additional information on the following:
Elephant Herpesvirus Testing Now Available (USA)
Elephant SSP Pathologist Update (USA)
West Nile Virus Update in Elephants
Compounding Pharmacies (USA)

The IUCN/SSC AfESG Guidelines for the in situ Translocation of African
Elephants for Conservation Purposes now available

(see the Bulletin Board for additional information on the above notices)
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Updated Versions
Instructions for Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus
(EEHV) Sample Submission

Guidelines For Comprehensive Elephant
Health Monitoring Program July 2003
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June 2004
Summary of Updates

New
The International Species Information System (ISIS)
has generously allowed us to post their
elephant data for your convenience.

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS - ASIATIC ELEPHANT
Weights & Physiological Reference Ranges
(International Species Information System - ISIS)
 

Updated Versions

Guidelines for the Control of Tuberculosis in Elephants 2003
(National Tuberculosis Working Group for
Zoo and Wildlife Species - U.S.)
 

Elephant Research And Tissue Request Protocol 2003
(AZA and Elephant Research Foundation)

The Elephant Database has been updated and
now contains over 2700 references!
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March 30, 2003
Summary of Updates

This website now contains more than 3,500 files.  We will continue to "grow" the site to provide you with the most comprehensive elephant information possible.

Susan and I resumed our elephant project work in Sumatra in September 2002.  Our Internet connections there are very slow and erratic, so we are taking advantage of a visa-related visit to Singapore to make major updates to this website.  Links to more than 150 new pages are listed below. 

Project Newsletters from Sumatra
  (previously distributed by e-mail)
April 2001
June 2001
December 2001
November 2002
March 2003

Protocol Additions and Updates 
   (Check Protocols, Manuals, and Proceedings for links & details)
.  Post-mortem Procedures for Wildlife Veterinarians and Field Biologists
       (African Elephant)
   Guidelines For Comprehensive Elephant Health Monitoring Program 2003
   Elephant Serum Bank Submission Form
   Elephant Necropsy Protocol 2003
   Quarantine Guidelines For Elephants 2003
   Transport Guidelines For Elephants 2002
   Elephant Vital Signs and Physiological Parameters
   Recommended Elephant Preshipment Guidelines 2003
   Elephant Research And Tissue Request Protocol 2003
   Guidelines For The Control Of Tuberculosis In Elephants 2003
   Recommendations for EEHV (Herpes Virus) Testing and Transport of
        Elephants 2002

Database updates
   More than 450 new listings, now 2,458 references!
   Recommendations for downloading  
   New category added: Laws, Legislation, and Welfare

Image Gallery - new pages
  Images by Kim Luikart DVM -
      Anatomy of the foot
      Anatomical cross-sections of the foot
      Vascular anatomy of lower leg and foot
    Thank you Kim for sharing!  That is the purpose of this website - to facilitate the sharing of elephant data among professionals. If you have images to share, please contact us to make arrangements for posting.
   
   Images by Dr. Jacob V. Cheeran
     Pit System of Elephant Capture (formerly used in southern India)
      Thank You Dr. Jacob. V. Cheeran for sharing these images.
   
   Elephants in History
      Depictions at Angkor Wat, Cambodia - coming in a few days!
      Depictions at Wat Phra Tat , Lampang, Thailand - coming in a few days!
  
   Landscapes of Indonesia
     Bukittinggi (our brief break from elephants)
  
Acknowledgments
   Krista Muller, Buttonwood Park Zoo AAZK Chapter
   Toronto Zoo
   Niabi Zoo, a very special thanks!!  Read about their story here.
   Roberto Aguilar, Audubon Park Zoo,
   and many more...see Acknowledgments

Formulary Developments
   We now expect that the first draft of the Elephant formulary will be
      published on-line by August, 2003

Scientific Developments
   AfESG Statement on the Taxonomy of Extant Loxodonta

Bulletin Board Additions
   Eighth Annual Elephant Research and Conservation Symposium
       Human-Elephant Relationships And Conflicts will be the theme for the
       meeting scheduled for September 18-20, 2003 in Sri Lanka.)
    African Elephant Specialist Group Small Grants Fund

New Links:
      www.nal.usda.gov/awic
     www.zooreach.org (Sally Walker in India)
     The Indonesian Nature Conservation Database
     The Merck Veterinary Manual online
     USDA TB (Tuberculosis) guidelines 2003
           (see also in our Protocols Page)

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