Severe Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus 6 Associated Disease in Two African Elephants Under Human Care in Austria
In 2021, a captive two-year-old African elephant died of cardiovascular failure in Austria. Lesions were indicative of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) associated disease, and the presence of EEHV6 could be detected by PCR. About two months later, an eight-year-old female elephant from t...
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| Main Authors: | Stella Knüppel, Folko Balfanz, Christiane Riedel, Verena Strauss, Tabitha E. Hoornweg, Katharina Dimmel, Karin Walk, Anna Kübber-Heiss, Annika Posautz, Thomas Voracek, Azza Abdelgawad, Jakob Trimpert, Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck, Till Rümenapf, Angelika Auer |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Animals |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/10/1482 |
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