UP vets perform extractive tusk surgery on elephant in Poland

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dc.contributor.author Gower, Primarashni
dc.contributor.author Mnguni, Hlengiwe
dc.contributor.other University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
dc.date.accessioned 2019-09-25T12:37:20Z
dc.date.available 2019-09-25T12:37:20Z
dc.date.issued 2019-09-04
dc.description Originally published as HTML file, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Version 9.0.0. en_ZA
dc.description News articles with colour photos about what's happening at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Two University of Pretoria (UP) veterinarians saved the life of a 5.5-ton elephant at Poznan Zoo in Poland, by performing a surgical extraction of his damaged tusk. Ninio, an African elephant, suffered a severe infection in July after a crack appeared at the bottom of his right tusk. Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, who teaches courses in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery of animals at UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science and Professor Adrian Tordiffe – a veterinary wildlife specialist – performed the five-hour surgery on Ninio. Having vast experience in elephant anesthesia and dentistry, Profs Tordiffe and Steenkamp first treated Ninio at Poznan Zoo in 2012 and 2013 when they extracted his left tusk. en_ZA
dc.description.librarian ab2019 en_ZA
dc.format.extent 3 pages : color photos en_ZA
dc.format.medium PDF file en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71456
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries 2019 Veterinary news en_ZA
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dc.rights ©2019 University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science. Provided for educational and preservation purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner. en_ZA
dc.subject Faculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage of en_ZA
dc.subject Tusk surgery en_ZA
dc.subject Elephants en_ZA
dc.subject Poznan Zoo en_ZA
dc.subject Ninio (Elephant) en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- Press coverage en
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa en
dc.subject.other Veterinary science activities SDG-15 en_ZA
dc.title UP vets perform extractive tusk surgery on elephant in Poland en_ZA
dc.type Text en_ZA


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