Aishu an Asian elephant at Zurich Zoo

 ☨ ♂ Aishu  


Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 3 years old
Id numberEEP Number: 20002
Origin
Born:* 2000-06-10 captive-born
Birth place: in Zurich Zoo
Birth weight 174.00 kgs, 382.80 lbs
Parents: ♂ Maxi x ♀ Ceyla (Ceyla-Himali)
Death
Dead date: † 2003-10-15
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Locations
Present / last location:Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland
Date of Arrival
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2000-06-10Zurich Zoo
Document updated2009-03-15: EEP nr
2017-03-09: links
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Description

† Aishu is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, of disease in 2003-10-15. Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus. (see detailed list).

Origin

Aishu was born captive-born 2000-06-10 at Zurich Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Aishu are: ♂ Maxi (father) and ♀ Ceyla (Ceyla-Himali) (mother).

Siblings through the father Maxi:

  1. 1984-07-27 -- † 1995-04-02 (F) Komali
  2. 1985-05-24 -- † 1988-07-21 (F) Lohimi
  3. 1986-05-22 -- † 1986-05-22 (F) stillborn
  4. 1989-02-13(F) Panang
  5. 1992-06-13(M) Mac
  6. 1993-12-00 -- † 1993-12-00 () stillborn
  7. 1994-11-14(M) Upali
  8. 1997-09-08 -- † 1999-11-20 (M) Xian
  9. 2002-05-14(F) Chandra
  10. 2005-05-03(F) Farha
  11. 2005-07-24(M) Fahim
  12. 2014-06-17(F) Omysha

Siblings through the mother Ceyla (Ceyla-Himali):

  1. 1984-07-27 - † 1995-04-02 (F) Komali
  2. 1989-02-13(F) Panang
  3. 1994-11-14(M) Upali
  4. 1997-09-08 - † 1999-11-20 (M) Xian
  5. 2005-05-03(F) Farha

Pedigree

Aishus pedigree:
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Aishu died in less than 24 hours after the first signs of an herpes virus infection.



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Aishu, an Asian at Zurich Zoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=93. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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


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