† 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.
Seima was born wild 2001.
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
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.
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