Thiruvananthapuram: A Veterinary Team with the Ministry of Forestry Fighting against the Virus Outbreak in the Kottur elephant rehabilitation center that has claimed the Life of two Gajah Betis – One and a half years of Sreekekty and five years old Arjun who died this week’s death, because of the Herpesvirus endothelotropic infection (EHV), disease The rapidly growing hemorrhagic, characterized by acute disease and sudden death almost no time for veterinarians to react.
Three calves – Amines, Kannan and Podichi – have also been infected and there is a little side of hope.
“In the case of Sreyekty and Arjun, they are sick and die within 24 hours.
As for the calf in treatment, they have shown symptoms.
Clinical intervention can produce results if administered at the time of viral replication may begin.
We really hope that they will Survive, “said one veterinarian.
Virus infections on teen elephants are disasters.
There are no vaccines to prevent disease.
Anti-virus drugs only help in capturing viral replication.
Quick development of viral infections leads to acute bleeding in the visceral organs.
The animal suffered badly to death because the virus continued to go berserk in the system.
It rips the blood vessel layer which causes severe bleeding which triggers further organ failure.
Available drugs cannot capture bleeding.
Both Sorreutty and Arjun died of the silt nature (the fastest death caused by the virus) disease, other types of acute and subacute.
Five calves have died because EHV in Zoological Park Nandsanan in Odisha in 2019.
From them, four had died within 24 hours after showing clinical signs, the research paper said about Odisha’s death by Bijita Swain and Niranjana Sahoo.
The nature of death in Odisha is similar to the one in the privilege.
This paper shows that elephant calves are susceptible to this disease because they lack maternal immunity.
Most of the calf in the mainture was brought to the center after being found abandoned by a herd.
They miss the immunity absorbed from their mother’s elephants and they are vulnerable to the virus outbreak.