Surgical treatment of an umbilical hernia in a free-ranging sub-adult African elephant in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Figures & data

Figure 1 A swelling described as an umbilical hernia located at ventral abdomen.

Figure 2 Closer view of the swelling/bulge described as an umbilical hernia.

Figure 3 Intestines had been pushed back into the abdominal cavity to facilitate surgical correction of the umbilical hernia.

Figure 4 The elephant walks away after the surgery.