Signs of illness in elephants

SIGNS OF ILLNESS IN ELEPHANTS
  • Anorexia and absence of appetite
  • Reduced alertness
  • Frequent groaning
  • Ceasing or slowing of normally found or the incessant movements of trunk or tail or ears or legs
  • Restlessness
  • Disobedience
  • Placing the trunk in the mouth in a frequent manner
  • Biting the trunk-tip
  • Assuming abnormal posture like crossing the hind legs.
  • Frequent sitting and raising up
  • Absence of defecation or reduced frequencies
  • Constipation
  • Absence of urination or reduced frequencies
  • Diarrhoea or passing of dung with abnormal odour
  • Evidence of blood in dung or parasites in dung
  • Pushing of head or tusk against tree for a long time
  • Pyrexia
  • Limping due to foot lesions like crack with infections of sole and foot pad or nail or cuticle regions

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Crack with infection of sole and foot pad


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