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1 January 1978 SOME CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN ELEPHANTS (Elephas maximus) INFECTED WITH Fasciola jacksoni
I. W. CAPLE, M. R. JAINUDEEN, T. D. BUICK, C. Y. SONG
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Abstract

Severe submandibular and ventral abdominal oedema was observed in an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in which liver flukes (Fasciola jacksoni) were recovered from the bile ducts at post-mortem examination. Clinico-pathologic examination of blood samples and serum from this elephant and another 8 elephants showed that most had anemia and hypoproteinemia. Fecal samples from 6 of the elephants contained from 6 to 83 eggs per gram. Treatment of elephants with nitroxynil (10 mg/kg) by subcutaneous injection produced severe local reactions at the injection site. Feces collected 2 and 4 months after treatment were free of trematode eggs. Hematologic values measured 4 months after treatment showed that the hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, erythrocyte count and plasma protein concentration had increased to within the normal range.

CAPLE, JAINUDEEN, BUICK, and SONG: SOME CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN ELEPHANTS (Elephas maximus) INFECTED WITH Fasciola jacksoni
I. W. CAPLE, M. R. JAINUDEEN, T. D. BUICK, and C. Y. SONG "SOME CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN ELEPHANTS (Elephas maximus) INFECTED WITH Fasciola jacksoni," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14(1), 110-115, (1 January 1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.110
Received: 5 July 1977; Published: 1 January 1978
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