Seima
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) in Cambodia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ⚪ Seima  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age: 3 years old
Status:confiscated
Origin
Born:* 2001 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2004-05-06
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC), in Cambodia

Date of arrival

2002-00-00Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC)
Record history
History of updates2023-12-27

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Seima is a dead confiscated Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2004-05-06 at Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC), in Cambodia, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus.

Origin

Seima was born wild 2001.


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Seima was the first fatal case of EEHV in Asia.

The deceased elephant (“Seima”) was approximately three years old, wild-born [in Cambodia]. She was confiscated from traders in 2002 as an approximately 6 months old calf and placed in Phnomn Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center where she was bottle-reared by keepers and housed with 4 other elephants…. She died in lateral recumbency on May 6, 2004 without observed symptoms and without any treatment.
Reid, et al., Veterinary Quarterly 2006; 28(2), p. 63, under Case report/Disease History

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Seima, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) in Cambodia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5875. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2004 deaths | 2001 births | Born in Cambodia | Elephants from Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) | Cambodia | Asian elephants


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