Captive elephants suffer from different health issues and diseases than their wild counterparts. ERNA’s Integrative Health Team members bring specialized expertise to meet the needs of elephants in captivity, ensuring that we heal our elephants in body, mind, and spirit.
Learn more about conditions that affect captive-held elephants in our Elephant Health section.
Nancy Goyert, DVM
Owner Cumberland Equine Services
Havana, FLorida
Founder and Executive Director, Institute for Compassionate Conservation
Sydney, Australia
Dr. Liv Baker, a conservation behaviorist and expert in wild animal welfare, is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Compassionate Conservation (University of Calgary) and the behavior and welfare research fellow with the Centre for Compassionate Conservation (University of Technology Sydney).Dr. Baker’s research focuses on the well-being of individual animals and the role that individual wild animals play in the health of their family groups and populations. Her work addresses the important question of how to return the power of being wild to animals that have been stripped of it.
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Wendy Jensen, DVM
Owner, Jensen Homeopathic Veterinary Practice
Bow, New Hampshire
Dr. Wendy Jensen is an expert in homeopathic veterinary care. Her focus is on how homeopathic medicine can help animals not only heal, but regain their vitality, energy and zest for life.
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Ali Mobasheri, Ph.D.
Professor, Musculoskeletal Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
Dr. Ali Mobasheri, a recognized expert on osteoarthritis, is professor of musculoskeletal physiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom and president-elect of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI). His research focuses on cartilage biology, ion channel physiology and biomarkers of osteoarthritis. He is the specialty chief editor of One Health (Frontiers in Veterinary Science and Frontiers in Public Health).
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Richard Patton, Ph.D.
President, Galisteo Land and Livestock, Ltd
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dr. Richard Patton is an animal nutritionist who focuses on zoos and companion animals. He is an advocate for proper animal nutrition and uses technical research concepts to solve problems in animals’ diets.
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Kushal Konwar Sarma, DVM, M.V.Sc, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University
Assam, India
Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma is an elephant veterinarian and professor of surgery and radiology at the College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University in Assam, India. Dr. Sarma’s lifelong mission is the well-being of India’s Asian elephants, individually and as a species. Every year, he treats hundreds of sick elephants and organizes health care for more than 700 captive elephants throughout India.
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Huisheng Xie, DVM, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor, Integrative Medicine Service, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Dr. Huisheng Xie is a clinical professor of the Integrative Medicine Service at the College of Veterinary Medicine University of Florida and a renowned expert in Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM). He founded the Chi Institute in 1998 to train veterinarians in Chinese acupuncture, herbal medicine, food therapy and Tui-na, a therapeutic form of massage.
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