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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...
Autores principales: | Mijele, Domnic, Njoroge, Michael, Kaitho, Titus |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015
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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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