Surgical treatment of an umbilical hernia in a free-ranging sub-adult African elephant in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

A 10-year-old male African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya, weighing approximately 1,600 kg, presented with an umbilical hernia in October 2013. Umbilical herniorrhaphy was carried out under field conditions. Anesthesia was induced and maintained using eto...

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Autores principales: Mijele, Domnic, Njoroge, Michael, Kaitho, Titus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30101103
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VMRR.S74756

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30101103
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VMRR.S74756

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