UP vets perform extractive tusk surgery on elephant in Poland

dc.contributor.authorGower, Primarashni
dc.contributor.authorMnguni, Hlengiwe
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-25T12:37:20Z
dc.date.available2019-09-25T12:37:20Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-04
dc.descriptionOriginally published as HTML file, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Version 9.0.0.en_ZA
dc.descriptionNews articles with colour photos about what's happening at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTwo 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.librarianab2019en_ZA
dc.format.extent3 pages : color photosen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDF fileen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/71456
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries2019 Veterinary newsen_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.subjectFaculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage ofen_ZA
dc.subjectTusk surgeryen_ZA
dc.subjectElephantsen_ZA
dc.subjectPoznan Zooen_ZA
dc.subjectNinio (Elephant)en_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- Press coverageen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africaen
dc.subject.otherVeterinary science activities SDG-15en_ZA
dc.titleUP vets perform extractive tusk surgery on elephant in Polanden_ZA
dc.typeTexten_ZA

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