Carolyn at St Louis Zoo

† Carolyn

ID Number:	SSP Number: 237 -
Species:	Asian elephant
Sex and age:	Female 32 years
Dead date:	† 2000-04-11
Death reason:	disease: Pyelonephritis, Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), arthritis
Location:	St Louis Zoo
Arrived	St Louis Zoo 1991-09-26 from Dickerson Park Zoo Dickerson Park Zoo 1990-03-28 from St Louis Zoo St Louis Zoo 1968-11-10 from
Born:	1968 wild
Document updated	2009-03-02: Death, Text 2012-01-11: text
For eighteen months, Pearl and Carolyn were sent on breeding loan to breed with the Dickerson Park Zoo's dominant bull Onyx. While both came back pregnant, only Pearl carried her calf to term, Onyx's only male calf to live past the age of three. BOX Pyelonephritis was proximal cause of death (a young elephant) Mild Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) Left scapulohumeral (shoulder) joint with a more moderate DJD left elbow Left coxofemoral joint (hip) had severe DJD. Left stifle (knee) showed severe DJD, erosion of half of the kneecap, femur and tibia Henry Melvyn Richardson, DVM /BOX Sources, among others Henry Melvyn Richardson, DVM Ryan Easley, ShowMe Elephants. Asian Elephant Studbook 2003-2005, AZA North America (PDF) by Mike Keele and Karen Lewis Internal relevant links More elephants from: St Louis Zoo More elephants from: United States More elephants that was born: 1968 More elephants that died: 2000-04-11 All breeding cows All breeding bulls The elephant database startpage. Statistics List of all captive born elephants in the database Search more on the web for Carolyn (The name Carolyn is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results) elephant-news.com elefanten-fotolexikon.eu elefanten.wikia Google Books elephanttag.org and Asian Elephant Studbook 2003-2005, AZA North America (PDF) Asianelephant.net Buckles Blog ShowMe Elephants circushistory.org Billboard Elephant_Commentator ZooChat Share the page about Carolyn