Tess is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Houston Zoo, in United States.
Tess arrived in 2008-09-12 to the Houston Zoo, relocated from the Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson), in United States.
Tess lives together with 12 other elephants at the Houston Zoo:
Tess was born wild 1981 at Asia unspecified location.
2008: In September 2008, the Houston Zoo purchased Tess and her son Tucker from Have Trunk Will Travel in Calfornia. 2010: In February 2010, the Houston Zoo announced that two of its female elephants were pregnant. Shanti was due to give birth in the spring and Tess in the fall, both impregnated naturally by the zoo's breeding bull, Thai. 2018-05-11: Tess pregnant, due this summer 2024-06-18: Tess, a 40-year-old Asian elephant at Houston Zoo, has been given the first-ever dose of an mRNA vaccine created by virologists at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) to prevent the deadly elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) 1A—a devastating viral disease in Asian elephants worldwide. Over the next few weeks, animal care experts and veterinary staff at Houston Zoo will closely monitor Tess to learn how effective this vaccine is for elephants. Tuesday, June 18, the first dose was given to Tess. The vaccine’s effectiveness will be measured by evaluating antibody levels in her blood while monitoring for specific side effects or adverse reactions such as injection site swelling or allergic reaction.Tess, mother to Tucker (19), Tupelo (13), Tilly (6), and Teddy (3) and grandmother to Winnie (3), is currently doing well post-vaccination.
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