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Editorial
. 2012 Feb 25;170(8):202-3.
doi: 10.1136/vr.e1212.

Conservation: clarifying the risk from herpesvirus to captive Asian elephants

Gary S Hayward
Editorial

Conservation: clarifying the risk from herpesvirus to captive Asian elephants

Gary S Hayward. Vet Rec. .
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Acute haemorrhagic disease, caused by elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, has been responsible for nearly 60 per cent of all deaths in monitored Asian elephant calves over the past 20 years. Now it appears that elephants can also be asymptomatic carriers of the virus
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