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| Title: |
The death of Subur |
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Furley, C.W. |
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1987 |
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Help Newsletter, Port Lympne |
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9 |
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43, fig. 1 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Port Lympne Zoo. We had trouble persuading her to eat properly during the weeks that followed. She consumed only a few twigs, lucerne hay and fruit each day, though Torgamba had settled in well on the same diet after his arrival. After five weeks her appetite suddenly increased, and she began ... |
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| Port Lympne - death of female Subur in 1986. Laboratory tests on various tissues showed that the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae was present in the gut in huge numbers. This is an unusual feature in this type of animal. |
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Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Port Lympne Zoo. We had trouble persuading her to eat properly during the weeks that followed. She consumed only a few twigs, lucerne hay and fruit each day, though Torgamba had settled in well on the same diet after his arrival. After five weeks her appetite suddenly increased, and she began ... |
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Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| Port Lympne - death of female Subur in 1986. At the time there happened to be three veterinary surgeons present: myself; Dr. John Lewis of the Zoological Society of London and David Taylor of the International Zoo Veterinary Group.
The consensus of opinion was a diagnosis of acute colic. Despit... |
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Diseases
Sumatran Rhino
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| At the time there happened to be three veterinary surgeons present: myself; Dr. John Lewis of the Zoological Society of London and David Taylor of the International Zoo Veterinary Group.
The consensus of opinion was a diagnosis of acute colic. Despite treatment during the day, she deteriorated ... |
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Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| A female Sumatran rhino, 'Subur', was caught in the Sumatran forest on 22nd June 1986, kept in a stockade where she became tame, and then shipped by air to Port Lympne on 26th August 1986. She was intended as a mate for our male 'Torgamba'. Progress was made for two and a half weeks until, unex... |
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The death of Subur
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