title: Flaccid trunk paralysis in free-ranging elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Zimbabwe.
abstract: An epizootic of flaccid trunk paralysis began in free-ranging Zimbabwean elephants (Loxodonta africana) on the southern shore of Lake Kariba in 1989. It involved a selective neuropathy of peripheral nerves supplying the trunk, with axon and myelin degeneration, muscle atrophy, compensatory hypertrophy, and fine endomyseal fibrosis, without inflammatory changes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Goedegebuure
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lucke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004606:Elephants; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009666:Nose / Q000294:innervation*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology