Shona an African savanna elephant at Boras Zoo

† Shona is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant, (Loxodonta africana), who died at Boras Zoo, in Sweden, of euthanised in 2004-12-08. Official death reason described as Positive Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) trunk-wash test. (see detailed list).

Offspring

1. (F) 2003-03-29 -- † 2004-12-09 Pili EEP id: 200302?

Origin

Shona was born wild 1990 at Kruger National Park.

2004: TBC positive with trunktest. Euthanized. Post mortem autopsy showed massive pulmonary TB on post-mortem.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
• African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
  by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Boras Zoo
• More elephants from: Sweden
• More elephants that was born: 1990
• More elephants that died: 2004-12-08
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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