Assam elephants' death
Pathology reports say 18 wild elephants killed due to lightning in Assam’s Nagaon district
Guwahati/IBNS: The technical experts and veterinary doctors have confirmed that 18 wild elephants died in Assam’s Nagaon district due to lightning.
The Department of Pathology of the College of Veterinary Science under Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara in Guwahati on Sunday submitted the laboratory examination report of Histopathological of the tissues of 18 elephants killed.
In its report signed by Head of Pathology department Prof. SM Tamuli and Assistant Professor of Pathology department, A Deka stated that lesions are suggestive of high voltage electrical injury.
“The tissue sections of skin from various locations reveal desquamation of keratinized layer, distortion and separation of intra-epidermal tissues, disintegration of cellular details and architecture resulting homogenous eosinophilic and basophilic areas. There is separation of epidermal and dermal layers. Highly dilated and congested blood vessels and severe hemorrhages observed in the dermal papillae as well as in the sub-epidermal region,” said in the report.
18 wild elephants found dead in two different places in the hill area near Bamuni of Kondoli area in Nagaon district on May 13.
Meanwhile, a top official of the Assam Forest department said that the final report will be released within a week.
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