Optimal management to improve quality of life for an injured baby elephant: thailand multidisciplinary care team

This article aimed to report the care, management, and monitoring of an injured female baby elephant. The collaboration among the multidisciplinary team included veterinary medicines, elephant handling, engineering, and physical therapy in the 3-year-old elephant with its left forelimb phalanges amp...

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Published in:	Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
Main Authors:	Siriphan KONGSAWASDI, Kitti chai WANTANAJITTIKUL, Warangkhana LANGKAPHIN, Busaba CHUATRAKOON, Kitti kul NAMWONGPROM, Paphawee PRUPETKAEW, Taweepoke ANGKAWANISH
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 2021-08-01
Subjects:	amputation artificial shoe elephant gait analysis prosthesis
Online Access:	https://vetdergikafkas.org/pdf.php?id=2829

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