![]() ![]() ![]() Over the past 20 years, the Houston zoo has lost six other elephants to the herpesvirus. There is no cure for herpesvirus in animals, and there is not yet a direct test to detect it in a healthy animal. It was first identified in 1995 by researchers at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. ![]() “He would come back to it, whack it with his trunk and then tear off and go running crazy about the yard,” she said.ĭeath from elephant herpesvirus is usually attributed to heart failure. Noble recalled buying Mac an inflatable punching bag. Before getting sick, Mac was known for his sense of fun and mischief. ![]()
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