Fuku-chan an Asian elephant at Fukuyama Zoo

♀ Fuku-chan
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 23 years old
Id numberJAZA Number: 176
Body weight: 2680.00 kg, 5896.00 lbs
Status:sick
Management:
Origin
Born:* 1998 wild
Birth place:
Capture: Borneo
Locations
Present / last location:Fukuyama Zoo, in Japan
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2001-04-28Fukuyama Zoo
Document updated2009-09-21: new record
2018-10-19: diagnosed and treated for tuberculosis
2018-11-04: weight
2018-11-06: JAZA nr
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Fuku-chan is a sick Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Fukuyama Zoo, in Japan.

Fuku-chan arrived in Fukuyama Zoo 2001-04-28,

In Fukuyama Zoo, Fuku-chan lives as single living elephant in this location (see detailed list).

Origin

Fuku-chan was born wild 1998, captured at Borneo.


Comments / pictures

2016-03-10: Fuku - chan was diagnosed by LAMP with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. later she was diognosed for M. caprae.

2018-10-16: Treatment of tuberculosis with four anti-tuberculosis drugs was completed after 1 year and 6 months treatment period.

2018-11-04: weight: 2680 kgs



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Fuku-chan, an Asian at Fukuyama Zoo in Japan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2485. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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    This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24


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