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
Presentation
Video Link
Page
Keynote Address: Finding A Future for Elephants in a Changing World
Ian Craig
60
Project Orange Elephant: An economic solution for human-elephant coexistence
Ravi Corea
82
A holistic and sustainable conservation approach to a peaceful cohabitation of people and desert-adapted elephants in Namibia
Rachel Harris and Christin Winter
100
Are elephants Gods or Devils? Understanding people’s perceptions of elephants in Northern Odisha
Medha Nayak
139
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
155
A crowd-sourced approach to monitoring Asian elephants in a human dominated landscape
Tarsh Thekaekara
184
Introduction to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) and global EEHV resources
Lauren Howard, Nadine Lamberski
247
Current knowledge of EEHV in African elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
Erin Latimer
293
Building capacity for tackling elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus at an African level
Edgar Simulundu
No Video Available
313
Serological detection of EEHV infections by a Luciferase Immunoprecipitation System assay
Paul Ling
325
Fatal elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 3 infection in two captive African 390 elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
Melissa Fayette
390
Preparing for EEHV: The survival of Indali Hi-Way, Part 1; EEHV and Chester Zoo, Part 2
Rebecca Le Brocq
419
Efficacy of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) fresh frozen plasma
Chatchote Thitaram
450
Acute phase proteins as indicators of the elephant immune response to infectious disease
Katie L. Edwards
No Video Available
471
Revisiting the population size of the largest sub-population of the Borneo elephant
Cheryl Cheah Phaik Imm
No Video Available
487
Debunking critical assumptions to improve forest elephant census and monitoring
Amelia Meier
504
Pathways back to Zambia: re-establishing elephant migration routes through transboundary conservation
Kerryn Carter
No Video Available
533
Vasectomy of free ranging African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) as a conservation management tool
Kari Morfeld
No Video Available
551
Transdisciplinary mitigation approaches to South African human-elephant conflict
Audrey Delsink
No Video Available
575
New methods utilized to deter African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) from crop raiding in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya
R. Lynn Von Hagen
616
Patterns of human-elephant conflict inferred from field observations of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka’s national parks
Chase LaDue
616
Trialing a new scent-based repellent to mitigate elephant crop-raiding around Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Maz Robertson
No Video Available
635
A crime science approach to human-elephant conflict in Murchison Falls National Park
Joanna Hill
No Video Available
690
Management of a conflict elephant in Rajaji Tiger Reserve release vs. rehabilitation
Aditi Sharma
No Video Available
705
Non-invasive assessment of body conditions and stress hormone levels in African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) roaming in Fynbos vegetation
Elisabetta Carlin
755
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
784
Glycemic response of semi-free ranging African elephants to seasonal & provisioned diets
Beaux Berkeley
No Video Available
809
Elephant habitat connectivity: corridors, gates and underpasses. elephant conservation and conflict mitigation within the Mount Kenya, Laikipia and Samburu elephant ranges
Enoch Ochieng
833
Recovery of Murchison Falls programme
Mike Keigwin
No Video Available
855
Experiences from establishing anti-poaching canine units across Africa
Jay Crafter
No Video Available
879
Malicious poisoning of elephant within the Zimbabwean component of the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA)
Jessica Dawson
No Video Available
889
An assessment of using remote camera traps for Asian elephant research
Chandima Fernando
No Video Available
904
Collaring elephants: how they can be utilized for HEC mitigation and research
Jaco Mattheus
932
Voluntourism’s place in conservation
Taryn Ingram-Gillson
No Video Available
958
Initiating a voluntourism program as a sustainable economic initiative to help mitigate human elephant conflicts
Ravi Corea
973
How cancer in elephants can inform treatment approaches for humans and elephants
Lisa M. Abegglen
No Video Available
985
Molecular characterization of TP53 gene diversity in three distinct elephant populations in Kenya and evaluation of its implications in cancer resistance
Samuel Oliech Omolo
No Video Available
1000
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.
1048
Variations in the circannual rhythm of musth variables in captive Asian elephants
Rajeev T.
No Video Available
1075
Sperm motility, kinematics, morphometry and morphology of free-ranging African elephants over two seasons
Ilse Luther-Binoir
No Video Available
1096
Hyperactivation as a sperm functional test in African elephant bulls
Liana Maree
1122
What does the elephant brain tell us about elephant behaviour?
Paul Manger
No Video Available
1150
Sex differences in the play of ex situ African elephant calves (Loxodonta africana)
Robert Dale
1176
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
1191
The elephant in the room: Integrating behaviour to assess captive elephant welfare
Lisa Yon
No Video Available
1236
Captive elephant research: towards a brighter future for African elephants in captive environments
Clare Padfield
1261
Ecological epidemiology to optimize policy interventions for tuberculosis control in captive elephants
David Abraham
No Video Available
1269
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection in free-ranging African elephants – novel diagnostic approaches
Michele Miller
1282
General anesthesia in captive Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) using combination of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride and etorphine hydrochloride in Thailand
Nithidol Buranapim
1298
Establishment of a first specialized elephant hospital in India
Yaduraj Khadpekar
No Video Available
1344
Treatment of lightning strike in an Asian elephant
Supaphen Sripiboon
No Video Available
1359
An emerging threat for Sri Lankan elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) and management of jaw-bomb victims
VPMK Abeywardana
No Video Available
1383
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
1408
Asian Elephant Support
Linda Reifschneider
No Video Available
1409
Working Together for Elephant Conservation
Sarah Conley, Sean Hensman, Deborah Olson
1420
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
1428
Best practice transdisciplinary mitigation approaches to human-elephant conflict: from over-population to individual animals
Audrey Delsink
1429
Porcine zona pellucida vaccine immunocontraception of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cows: A review of 22 years of research
Audrey Delsink
1430