Cincinnati Zoo Takes Proactive Health Measures to Protect Elephant Herd

Cincinnati Zoo Takes Proactive Health Measures to Protect Elephant Herd. Plasma transfusions given to young elephants to boost antibody response – The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is taking proactive measures to keep its Asian elephant herd healthy. To achieve its long-term goal for the new habitat, Elephant Trek, to one day be home to a multi-generational herd, vets and elephant keepers are working hard to protect the elephants from contracting Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus - EEHV, or at least mitigating the severity if they do. To that end, the two young males that arrived in November recently received plasma transfusions from one of the Zoo’s long-time elephant residents.