RAP PUBLICATION 2005/10 Elephant care manual Preecha Phuangkum |
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ISBN: 974-7946-71-8
Edited by Richard C. Lair
Drawings by Sirikorn Inkom
Printed by Bannakij Printing, Lampang
For copies write to:
Forest Resources Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Maliwan Mansion
Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200
Thailand
E-mail: [email protected]© FAO & FIO, 2005
Authors' preface to the English edition
Registration and law
Registration Certificate
Microchips
Transporting elephants
Social and economic factors in food
Cultivated foods, practical aspects
Fodder
Vegetables and fruits
Supplements
Hook
Bush knife
Ear halter
Hobbles
Tethering chains
Rope and wire ropeSpecial equipment for problem situations
Guidelines for tethering elephants
Absolute prohibitions in controlling elephants
Dragging gear
Determining age
Determining heat (Oestrus)Pairing
Mating
Pregnancy
Birth
WeaningMusth
Disposal of elephant carcassesMethods of disposal
Diseases requiring caution during disposal
Medicines and drugs to have at hand
Tools and equipmentEquipment at an elephant camp
Equipment for a small camp and traveling
HygieneCollecting samples for analysis
Determining health
Using a thermometer
Medicating orally
Medicating rectally
Mahouts giving injections
Caring for sick elephants on the ground
Health conditions caused by humansOverwork (Exhaustion)
Malnutrition
Stress
Heat stroke
Collapse from coldTreating wounds
Stanching bleeding
Wound cleaning materials
Hot and cold applications
Types of woundsAbrasions
Blunt-edge wounds
Slice wounds
Puncture wounds
Gunshot wounds
Bites
Pressure wounds
Burns
Impact wounds
Wounds from explosives
Gad flies
Fleas and mites on the tail
Hair lice
Tabanus flies
Parasites in the alimentary tract
1. Liver flukes
2. Cestode worms
3. Round worms
Recommendations on using IvermectinDyspepsia
Constipation
DiarrhoeaDiarrhoea without germs
Diarrhoea caused by germsPneumonia
Anthrax
Haemorrhagic septicaemia (Pasteurellosis)
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Herpes virus
Foot and mouth disease
Elephant pox
Rabies
Trypanosomiasis (Surra)
Recommendations to veterinarians
Table 1: Elephant food
Table 2: Medicinal plants