Tess, a 40-year-old female at Houston zoo, has been given a trial mRNA vaccine to help combat the virus, a leading killer of calves in captivity
An Asian elephant at Houston zoo in the US has received the first mRNA vaccine against herpes, which is the leading killer of Asian elephants calves in captivity.
Tess, a 40-year-old Asian elephant, was injected with the trial vaccine at the Texas zoo in June, after a spate of deaths in juveniles in zoos around the world from the elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV).
About Author
More Stories
Weatherwatch: How AI could offer faster, affordable weather forecasting
Midsummer butterflies spotted early in Britain after sunny spring
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World’s Most Coveted microchip – review