NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY ARCHIVED FILE Archived files are provided for reference purposes only. This file was current when produced, but is no longer maintained and may now be outdated. Content may not appear in full or in its original format. All links external to the document have been deactivated. For additional information, see http://pubs.nal.usda.gov. "Information resources on elephants" NOTE: Information Resources on Elephants may be viewed as one complete publication file below or as individual chapters elephants2.htm. United States Department of Agriculture Information Resources on Elephants Agricultural Research AWIC Resource Series No. 18 - April 2003 Service Updated by Information Resources on Elephants, 2010 National Agricultural Library Compiled by: Richard L. Crawford, D.V.M. D'Anna Jensen, B.S., LATG Animal Welfare Tim Allen, M.S. Information Animal Welfare Information Center Center National Agricultural Library U.S. Department of Agriculture Published by: U. S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service National Agricultural Library Animal Welfare Information Center Beltsville, Maryland 20705 Contact us: http://awic.nal.usda.gov/contact-us Web site: www.nal.usda.gov/awic Published in cooperation with the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Policies and Links CONTENTS Introduction | General | African (Loxodonta africana) | Asian (Elephas maximus) | Selected Web Sites http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/elephants/elephants.htm[3/25/2015 10:18:51 AM] "Information resources on elephants" INTRODUCTION Although there is a considerable amount of information available on elephants in data bases it is not readily available in an organized manner to most persons. The references in this publication were obtained from seven different data bases and compiled chronologically, and alphabetically by title, under various general headings. There area number of papers and articles dealing with elephants in the wild, their tracking, number estimation, feeding habits, environmental damage, conflicts with people, etc. Only a few of these types of articles are included in this resource reference. Most of the references in this publication are concerned with captive animals and their care, behavior, health, handling and bodily functions, etc. This publication is not meant to be all inclusive as there are a number of private database collections on elephants which are not included here. The references listed in this publication were collected and organized into general categories for easier reference and locating pertinent articles. The references are listed first under a General category which pertains to elephants in general and then under separate sections for African and Asian elephants. These two sections are further broken into thirteen subsections as indicated in the Table of Contents. An additional section on Selected Elephant Web Sites has been added at the end of the publication. It is hoped this publication will be of use to those interested in elephants and their care, treatment and conservation in captivity and in the wild. Information on how to request materials that are included in the collection of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) may be found on the Document Delivery Services Branch website at http://www.nal.usda.gov/borrow-materials. Please read carefully as there are certain restrictions on media and document types. GENERAL 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976 | 1975 | 1974 | 1971 | 1969 | 1962 2002 Elephants. Emanuelson, Karen A.; Kinzley, Colleen E. Hand-Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals. Gage, Laurie J. (Ed.). Iowa State Press, Ames. 2002, i-xvii, 1-279 p. Chapter pagination: 221-228. ISBN: 0813826837. NAL call no: SF41.H36 2002 Descriptors: rearing techniques, hand rearing, Elephas, Loxodonta. Keeping of elephants in zoo and circus. Rietschel, W. DTW Deutsche Tieraerztliche Wochenschrift, Mar. 2002, v. 109 (3), p. 123-126. ISSN: 0341-6593. Language: German. NAL call no: 41.8 D482 Descriptors: education, entertainment, care in zoos and circuses, animal welfare. Mycobacterial isolations in captive elephants in the United States. Payeur, Janet B.; Jarnagin, J.L.; Marquardt, J.G.; Whipple, D.L. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The Domestic animal/wildlife interface: Issues for disease control, conservation, sustainable food production, and emerging diseases. Oct. 2002; 969: 256- 258. ISSN: 0077-8923. NAL call no: 500 N484 Descriptors: tuberculosis, bacterial disease, diagnosis, therapy. The properties of geophysical fields and their effects on elephants and other animals. Arnason, Byron T.; Hart, http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/elephants/elephants.htm[3/25/2015 10:18:51 AM] "Information resources on elephants" Lynette A.; O’Connell- Rodwell, Caitlin E. Journal of Comparative Physiology, Jun. 2002, v. 116 (2), p. 123- 132. ISSN: 0735-7036. NAL call no: BF671.J6 Descriptors: geophysical fields, effects, elephants, animals. Simple enrichment techniques for bears, bats and elephants - untried and untested. Law, Graham; Kitchener, Andrew. International Zoo News, Jan/Feb. 2002, v. 49 (1), p. 4-12. no. 314. ISSN: 0020-9155. NAL call no: QL76.I58 Descriptors: care in captivity, natural enrichment, simple feeding dispenser, zoos. Why doesn’t the elephant have a plural space? West, John B. News in Physiological Sciences, Apr. 2002, v. 17, p. 47-50. ISSN: 0886-1714. Descriptors: physiology, respiratory system, elephant, pleural space. The world of elephants. Mussi, Margherita. Current Anthropology, Aug./Oct. 2002, v. 43 (4), p. 656-660. ISSN: 0011-3204. Descriptors: animals, bones, tools, skeletal system, elephants, humans. Return to: General | Contents | Top of Document 2001 Africa’s elephant: A biography. Meredith, Martin. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001, ix. 244 p. ill. ref. index. ISBN: 0340770813. NAL call no: QL737.P98M47 2001 Descriptors: elephants Africa, history. Captive disorders in elephants: Impacted molars and broken tusks. Fagan, D.A.; Oosterhuis, J.E.; Roocroft, A. Zoologische Garten, Sept. 2001, v. 71 (5), p. 281-303. ISSN: 0044-5169. NAL call no: 410 Z724 Descriptors: animal care, dental and oral system, broken tusk, impacted molar. Comparative cytogenetics of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Asiatic elephant (Elaphus maximus). Houck, M.L.; Kumamoto, A.T.; Gallagher, D.S. Jr.; Comparative cytogenetics of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Asiatic elephant (Elaphus maximus). Benirschke, K. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 2001, v. 93 (3-4), p. 249-252. ISSN: 0301-0171. NAL call no: 442.8 C992 Descriptors: karyotypes, cytogenetics, African elephant, Asian elephant. Do elephants run? Hutchinson, J.R.; Famini, D.; Kram, R.; Lair, R. American Zoologist, Dec. 2001, v. 41 (6), p. 1479. ISSN: 0003-1569. NAL call no: 410 Am3 Descriptors: behavior, muscular system, movement, support. Disease risk and inter-institutional transfer of specimens in cooperative breeding programs: Herpes and the Elephant species Survival Plans. Ryan, S.J.; Thompson, S.D. Zoo Biology. New York, N.Y. Wiley-Liss, Inc. 2001, v. 20 (2), p. 89-101. ref. ISSN: 0733-3188. NAL call no: QL77.5.Z6 Descriptors: Loxodonta africana, Elephas maximus, studbooks, disease transmission. http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/elephants/elephants.htm[3/25/2015 10:18:51 AM] "Information resources on elephants" Elephant breeding soundness examination forms and database. Wyatt, Jeff. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians and the National Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians Joint Conference, Orlando, FL Sept. 18-23, 2001: i-xx, p. 1-411: Chapter pagination: 396-400. NAL call no: SF605.A4 Descriptors: information handling, reproductive techniques, breeding soundness exam. Exploring the potential use of seismic waves as a communication channel by elephants and other large animals. O’Connell, Rodwell C.E.; Hart, L.A.; Arnason, B.T. American Zoologist, Nov. 2001, v. 41 (5), p. 1157-1170. ISSN: 0003-1569. NAL call no: 410 AM3 Descriptors: communication, seismic waves, group cohesion. Genetic and ultrastructural characterization of a European isolate of the fatal endotheliotropic elephant herpesvirus. Ehlers, B.; Burkhardt, S.; Goltz, M.; Bergmann, V.; Ochs, A.; Weiler, H.; Hentschke, J. Journal of General Virology, 2001, v. 82 (3), p. 475-482. ISSN: 0022-1317. NAL call no: QR360.A1J6 Descriptors: ultrastructure, phylogeny, DNA-directed-DNA-polymerase, gB-gene. Immunolocalization of zona pellucida antigens in the ovarian follicle of dogs, cats, horses and elephants. Barber, M.R.; Lee, S.M.; Steffens, W.L.; Ard, M.; Fayrer-Hosken, R.A. Theriogenology, May 2001, v. 55 (8), p. 1705- 1717. ref. ISSN: 0093-691X. NAL call no: QP251.A1T5 Descriptors: antibodies, antigens, contraception, oocytes, ovaries, zona pellucida. Mycobacterium elephantis sp. nov. a rapidly growing non-chromogenic Mycobacterium isolated from an elephant. Shojaei, Hasan: Magee, John G.; Freeman, Roger; Yates, Malcom; Horadagoda, Neil U.; Goodfellow, Michael. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Sept. 2000, v. 50 (5), p. 1817-1820. ISSN: 1466-5026. NAL call no: QR1.I577 Descriptors: Mycobacterium elephantis, new species, pathogen, lung. Mycobacterium tuberculosis risk for elephant handlers and veterinarians. Davis,