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Asian Elephant T Cell Responses to Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus
... ABSTRACT Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) can cause lethal hemor- rhagic disease in juvenile Asian elephants, an endangered ...of Asian elephant T cell responses to ...to ...
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Minimum cost of transport in Asian elephants: do we really need a bigger elephant?
... adult elephant, with twice the body mass of a mid-sized elephant, should be able to move its body approximately 23% cheaper than the smaller ...adult Asian and sub-adult African elephants follow a ...
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Concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in Asian elephant's dung are stable for up to 8 h in a tropical environment
... in elephant faeces up to 2 days ...captive Asian elephants suggests that fGCM concentrations > 25 ng/g re fl ect elevated glucocorticoid concentrations associated with a signi fi cant challenge (Watson et ...
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Longitudinal study of Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, indicates intermittent shedding of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 1 during pregnancy
... Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Sophie Barnes (veterinary team) and the keepers at Twycross Zoo for collecting trunk wash samples and access to keeper logs, Dr Jeff Stanton for kindly providing plasmids ...
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Analysis of Captive African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) Elephant Fecal Glucocorticoid Concentrations when Compared Among Several Environmental, Management, and Health Factors.
... elephant, the Loxodonta africana (African) and Elephas maximus (Asian). Much debate has gone into whether the species should be even more diversified to include a sub-species of Forest elephants, Loxodonta ...
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Nutritional ecology of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) and human wildlife interactions : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Conservation Ecology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
... A version of Chapter 4 has been published [Koirala RK, Ji W, Aryal A, Pathak ML, Raubenheimer D. 2016]. Feeding preferences of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Nepal. BMC Ecology. 16:54. I was the ...
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Climate influences thermal balance and water use in African and Asian elephants: physiology can predict drivers of elephant distribution
... results as well as the temporal pattern of core body temperature change in relation to air temperature, these authors concluded that heterothermy, or heat storage, can be an important component of the thermal budget for ...
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Longitudinal study of Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, indicates intermittent shedding of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 1 during pregnancy
... Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Sophie Barnes (veterinary team) and the keepers at Twycross Zoo for collecting trunk wash samples and access to keeper logs, Dr Jeff Stanton for kindly providing plasmids ...
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POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHOREIC PATTERN OF SERUM PROTEIN FRACTIONS IN ASSAM LOCAL GOAT, CROSSBRED CATTLE AND ASIAN ELEPHANT DURING CYCLIC PERIOD
... globulin were clearly observed in adult captive asian elephant with much difference of relative mobility(Rm) and relative proportion (Rp%). Hence, identification of these electrophoretic bands might be used ...
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Evaluation of DNA Extraction Techniques for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Organisms in Asian Elephant Trunk Wash Samples
... Trunk wash sampling. In order to obtain a sufficient volume of trunk wash material for the development of the three extraction techniques, samples were obtained from both of these elephants during alternating weeks for a ...
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Elephant cognition in primate perspective
... areas than visual cortex (Hakeem, et al., 2005; Shoshani, et al., 2006). It therefore seems probable that tests using audi- tory or olfactory stimuli will be more relevant to elephants, and more likely to accurately ...
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Non-invasive monitoring of reproduction in Asian elephants ('Elephas maximus') by urinary endocrine analysis
... in Asian elephants during ...the Asian elephant, unconjugated oestrone levels decreased significantly after ...the Asian and African elephant as to the dominant circulating oestrogen ...
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... In: Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, 2. N.E. Robinson (ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: W.B. Saunders, Appendix 1. Romain S., Angkawanish T., Bampenpol P., Pongsopawijit P., Sombatphuthorn P., Nomsiri R., ...
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THE IMPACT OF HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT IN PEECHI VAZHANI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, THRISSUR, KERALA
... are Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), Gaur (Bos gaurus), Indian wild pig (Sus scrofa), Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica), Sambar (Rusa unicolor), Peafowl (Pavo cristatus), Indian giant flying ...
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Atmospheric controls on elephant communication
... peak 1–2 h after sunset. This would happen with the greatest probability on clear, dry, calm and (relatively) cold evenings. Communication using low frequencies should work best at night. Nocturnal winds, which are often ...
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ShootinganElephanttext
... When I pulled the trigger I did not hear the bang or feel the kick – one never does when a shot goes home – but I heard the devilish roar of glee that went up from the crowd. In that instant, in too short a time, one ...
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... Establishment of mitigation measures is one of the best strategies for elephant conservation. Mitigation measures play a significant role in reducing the intensity of conflict (Bell 1984; Sukumar 1990; Tchamba ...
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Lawyers and cyberspace: Seeing the elephant?
... The contention at the heart of this paper is that lawyers are not, as they might imagine, intrepid explorers who have successfully colonised a new territory, but are instead, like the folk tale of the blind men arguing ...
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Southern elephant seal vagrants in Ecuador: a symptom of La Niña events?
... Southern elephant seal adults have been reported resting on the coasts of Brazil, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Chile, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand (Reeves et ...southern elephant ...
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Effects of buoyancy on the diving behavior of northern elephant seals
... northern elephant seals Mirounga ...juvenile elephant seals translocated from Año Nuevo State Reserve, CA, USA, and released at various sites in Monterey Bay, CA, ...
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