Symposium Proceedings – 16th International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium, October 21-25, 2019

We are proud to have so many distinguished and respected participants attend the 16th International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium. Select presenters have given us permission to post videos of their presentations. Please see the list of presentations below, and where available, the video is listed.

Videographer: Shiegehisa Kawakami

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Keynote Address: Finding A Future for Elephants in a Changing World
Ian Craig

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Project Orange Elephant: An economic solution for human-elephant coexistence
Ravi Corea

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A holistic and sustainable conservation approach to a peaceful cohabitation of people and desert-adapted elephants in Namibia
Rachel Harris and Christin Winter

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Are elephants Gods or Devils? Understanding people’s perceptions of elephants in Northern Odisha
Medha Nayak

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Assessing the effects of a cognition-based education program on attitudes of villagers towards Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in conflict-prone areas
Radhika N. Makecha

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A crowd-sourced approach to monitoring Asian elephants in a human dominated landscape
Tarsh Thekaekara

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Introduction to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) and global EEHV resources
Lauren Howard, Nadine Lamberski

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Current knowledge of EEHV in African elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
Erin Latimer

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Building capacity for tackling elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus at an African level
Edgar Simulundu

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Serological detection of EEHV infections by a Luciferase Immunoprecipitation System assay
Paul Ling

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Recommended EEHV monitoring in Asian and African elephants
Erin Latimer

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Treatment of EEHV hemorrhagic disease
Lauren Howard

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Fatal elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 3 infection in two captive African 390 elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
Melissa Fayette

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Preparing for EEHV: The survival of Indali Hi-Way, Part 1; EEHV and Chester Zoo, Part 2
Rebecca Le Brocq

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EEHV capacity-building in Asia
Erin Latimer

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Efficacy of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) fresh frozen plasma
Chatchote Thitaram

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Acute phase proteins as indicators of the elephant immune response to infectious disease
Katie L. Edwards

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Revisiting the population size of the largest sub-population of the Borneo elephant
Cheryl Cheah Phaik Imm

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Debunking critical assumptions to improve forest elephant census and monitoring
Amelia Meier

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Pathways back to Zambia: re-establishing elephant migration routes through transboundary conservation
Kerryn Carter

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Vasectomy of free ranging African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) as a conservation management tool
Kari Morfeld

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Transdisciplinary mitigation approaches to South African human-elephant conflict
Audrey Delsink

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New methods utilized to deter African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) from crop raiding in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya
R. Lynn Von Hagen

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Patterns of human-elephant conflict inferred from field observations of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka’s national parks
Chase LaDue

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Trialing a new scent-based repellent to mitigate elephant crop-raiding around Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Maz Robertson

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Living with elephants: Herds of the Karbi Foothills
Rituraj Phukan

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A crime science approach to human-elephant conflict in Murchison Falls National Park
Joanna Hill

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Management of a conflict elephant in Rajaji Tiger Reserve release vs. rehabilitation
Aditi Sharma

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Non-invasive assessment of body conditions and stress hormone levels in African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) roaming in Fynbos vegetation
Elisabetta Carlin

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Exploring how mineral provision acts as a driver for African elephant movement (Loxodonta africana), and considering how this could be used to reduce human-elephant conflict (HEC)
Fiona Sach

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Glycemic response of semi-free ranging African elephants to seasonal & provisioned diets
Beaux Berkeley

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Elephant habitat connectivity: corridors, gates and underpasses. elephant conservation and conflict mitigation within the Mount Kenya, Laikipia and Samburu elephant ranges
Enoch Ochieng

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Recovery of Murchison Falls programme
Mike Keigwin

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Specialized units – selection, training and effectiveness
Nikita Iyengar

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Experiences from establishing anti-poaching canine units across Africa
Jay Crafter

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Malicious poisoning of elephant within the Zimbabwean component of the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA)
Jessica Dawson

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An assessment of using remote camera traps for Asian elephant research
Chandima Fernando

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Collaring elephants: how they can be utilized for HEC mitigation and research
Jaco Mattheus

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Voluntourism’s place in conservation
Taryn Ingram-Gillson

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Initiating a voluntourism program as a sustainable economic initiative to help mitigate human elephant conflicts
Ravi Corea

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How cancer in elephants can inform treatment approaches for humans and elephants
Lisa M. Abegglen

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Molecular characterization of TP53 gene diversity in three distinct elephant populations in Kenya and evaluation of its implications in cancer resistance
Samuel Oliech Omolo

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Post-natal oogenesis in the elephant: A realistic possibility
Twink Allen

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Understanding prolactin regulation and determining the efficacy of cabergoline and domperidone to mitigate prolactin-associated ovarian cycle problems in zoo African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Tina L. Dow, Ph.D.

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Variations in the circannual rhythm of musth variables in captive Asian elephants
Rajeev T.

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Sperm motility, kinematics, morphometry and morphology of free-ranging African elephants over two seasons
Ilse Luther-Binoir

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Hyperactivation as a sperm functional test in African elephant bulls
Liana Maree

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What does the elephant brain tell us about elephant behaviour?
Paul Manger

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Sex differences in the play of ex situ African elephant calves (Loxodonta africana)
Robert Dale

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A study on musth management and enrichment utilization of rescued captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at Elephant Conservation & Care Center, Uttar Pradesh, India
Baiju Raj

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The elephant in the room: Integrating behaviour to assess captive elephant welfare
Lisa Yon

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Captive elephant research: towards a brighter future for African elephants in captive environments
Clare Padfield

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Ecological epidemiology to optimize policy interventions for tuberculosis control in captive elephants
David Abraham

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection in free-ranging African elephants – novel diagnostic approaches
Michele Miller

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General anesthesia in captive Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) using combination of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride and etorphine hydrochloride in Thailand
Nithidol Buranapim

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Immobilization and transport of free-ranging African elephants
Peter Buss

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Establishment of a first specialized elephant hospital in India
Yaduraj Khadpekar

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Treatment of lightning strike in an Asian elephant
Supaphen Sripiboon

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An emerging threat for Sri Lankan elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) and management of jaw-bomb victims
VPMK Abeywardana

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Panel Discussion: Developing standards for management and welfare of elephants in human care in Zimbabwe: ZECA
Jake Rendle-Worthington, Chris Foggin, Lisa Yon, Sean Hensman

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Asian Elephant Support
Linda Reifschneider

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Working Together for Elephant Conservation
Sarah Conley, Sean Hensman, Deborah Olson

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Posters

Applied research to inform zoo husbandry: examples from an evidence-based approach to Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) management at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Fiona Sach

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Best practice transdisciplinary mitigation approaches to human-elephant conflict: from over-population to individual animals
Audrey Delsink

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Porcine zona pellucida vaccine immunocontraception of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cows: A review of 22 years of research
Audrey Delsink

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