Year : 2023, Volume : 32, Issue : 2
First page : ( 38) Last page : ( 40)
Print ISSN : 0971-4251. Online ISSN : 0974-0171. Published online : 2023  27.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0974-0171.2023.00016.2

Management of Filariasis in Asian Elephants (Elephus msaximus)

Dayashankar^1,*, Singh Rakesh Kumar^2,**

¹Veterinary surgeon, Dudhwa National Park, Palia, Kheri, Uttar Ptadesh

²Dy. Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

^*Correspondence: drdayavetdtr@gmail.com

^**rkszoovet@gmail.com

Online Published on 27 September, 2024.

Received:  07  November,  2023; Accepted:  18  December,  2023.

Abstract

Elephants suffer from cutaneous filariasis or haemorrhagic filariasis or parasitic dermatorrhagia caused by Indofilaria pattabiramani and I. elephantis respectively. The paper reports nodules in one female elephant having nodule formation causing itching and oozing of blood. The female elephant was treated with Ivermctin successfully.

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Keywords

Elephants, Filariasis, Ivermectin.

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