Expert panel to treat troubling elephant calf bone at Kottoor
The Forest department has actually instituted a professional panel to deal with a six-year-old elephant calf bone which has been experiencing muscular pain and inflammation in the left back leg for over a month at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor right here.
Manu, the male elephant calf bone, was discovered to have created problem in moving its left back leg on April 4. On exam by the assistant woodland veterinary police officer at the centre, it was located that its leg has actually created inflammation. The condition had an adverse influence on its hunger too.
According to official resources, the elephant was provided anesthetics, antibiotics and also targeted anti-inflammatory shots during the very first phase of therapy. While it revealed substantial indications of recovery and also started consuming food and resumed its regular sleep-wake cycle, the calf remained to show difficulty in standing upright.
Since, Manu is being treated by T. Rajeev, assistant director of the Multi Speciality Veterinary Hospital at Kudappanakunnu. He was a former veterinarian of the Travancore Devaswom Board that has several captive elephants.
An ad-hoc expert panel led by Chief Forest Veterinary Officer Arun Zachariah has been made up to diagnose the real cause of its disorder and for additional therapy. The various other participants of the panel include Dr. Rajeev, Kerala Veterinary as well as Animal Sciences University (KVASU) Director of Clinics Madhavan Unny, University Veterinary Hospital head Syam K. Venugopal, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences assistant teacher (vet surgery as well as radiology) Dinesh P.T., and Kollam assistant woodland veterinary policeman Sibi.
Appropriate care
Disregarding allegations of ill-treatment and abuse of the pet, Thiruvananthapuram Wildlife Warden Suresh Babu I.S. said the elephant calf bone had been provided appropriate care at the rehabilitation centre under mahout Pushkaran Nair and assistant mahout Raveendran Kani who had been with the division for over a decade. The elephant’s health had actually been frequently checked by the assistant woodland veterinary surgeon.
The calf has actually gone to Kottoor given that it was saved from the Akampadam forest in Nilambur when it was 4 months old.