A third elephant at Dublin Zoo has now contracted a virus that killed two other members of the herd this month.
elephant at Dublin Zoo has now contracted a virus that killed two other members of the herd this month.
“I think that is very important we see that. The elephants go over and touch them with their trunks and all of that.Dublin Zoo’s 17-year-old Asian Elephant Asha who has now contracted Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus . Image: Dublin Zoo He said Dublin Zoo is taking part in global research into EEHV and is backing efforts to develop a vaccine against it.
The other two females, nine-year-old Samiya and 40-year-old Dina, are showing no signs of the virus; however, he warned that “because this is a fluid situation and we have seen a very quick deterioration in the two that unfortunately passed away over the last week, we cannot say how this will develop”.
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