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Case Report

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

Domnic MijeleVeterinary Services Department, Species Conservation and Management Division, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya, [email protected]
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Michael NjorogeVeterinary Services Department, Species Conservation and Management Division, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya, [email protected]
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Titus KaithoVeterinary Services Department, Species Conservation and Management Division, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 165-170 | Published online: 07 May 2015

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