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Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV) are herpesviruses that infect elephants. They can cause a highly fatal hemorrhagic disease when transmitted to young Asian elephants. In African elephants, related forms of these viruses, which have been identified in wild populations, are generally benign, occasionally surfacing to cause small ...
In October 2022, Colossal announced that it was developing a vaccine for elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), in partnership with the Baylor College of Medicine. [ 56 ] In May 2023, Colossal partnered with the Vertebrate Genomes Project to successfully generate the first high-quality reference genome of an African elephant .
The Elephant Trek will be open to visitors in the early fall. Sabu arrived in the United States in 1991. He sired two calves, one at Missouri's Dickerson Park Zoo and one at the Cincinnati Zoo ...
Actions to Minimize Illegal Killing of Elephants in Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya: [12] The Tsavo ecosystem consisting of the Tsavo East and West and Chyulu Hills National Parks, South Kitui National Reserve, Taita and Galana Ranches (Kenya) and Mukomazi National Park (Tanzania) has about 12,573 elephants and has suffered from poaching.
The five-acre exhibit will include plenty of space for the elephants to roam, as well as water features and other amenities, all in a state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly development.
"The Toledo Zoo is thrilled to share the incredible behind-the-scenes footage of African elephant, Renee, giving birth to her male calf on Feb. 17," they wrote in the video's caption.
Elephants may also be host for a variety of parasites and bacteria such as Pasteurella, [86] Salmonella, Clostridium, [87] coccidian, nematode, and trematode. [88] The elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) is a member of the Proboscivirus genus, a novel clade most closely related to the mammalian betaherpesviruses. [89]
The little elephant “touched the hearts of our members, patrons and our entire community, inspiring a profound appreciation for elephants and their conservation,” the zoo director said.