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Houston Zoo Elephant Calf Completes Treatment for EEHV
Recently, a calf at the Houston Zoo was diagnosed with and treated for an EEHV viremia. Though Joy's health is on the rise again, this is an important reminder of the significance of continuing res...
EEHV Research In the News
Check out this article that the Texas Medical Center recently published about the collaboration between the Houston Zoo and Baylor College of Medicine on advancing EEHV research! http://www.tmc.edu...
Project Update: (Some) Results Are In!
Now that we’ve finished analyzing our first set of samples in the lab, we have some unexpected but promising results. During sample processing, we ran into an issue with testing the chewed plants s...
Routine EEHV Monitoring at the Houston Zoo
The Houston Zoo has a herd of 10 Asian elephants, including Thai, Methai, Tess, Shanti, Tucker, Tupelo, Baylor, Duncan, Joy, and Tilly. The herd ranges in age from less than 1 year old to more tha...
A visit to the Houston Zoo made this project personal
A visit to the Houston Zoo made this project personalLast month, during my summer break before starting my second year of vet school, I had the opportunity to go down to the Houston Zoo and meet t...