Major breakthrough in Musth Control in Elephants

Major Breakthrough in Musth Control in Elephants
Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan
As far as musth in elephants are concerned, it is a social issue. I t can be controlled through different ways. Research works of Professor Henk of South africa is really an eye opener to control musth in elephants. He along with a team of Scientists from Pretorea University formulated a protocol for controlling the musth incidents in African Elephants. It is throgh injecting a vaccine named GnRH vaccine which will reduce the quantity of testosterone hormone in tuskers. 600 microgram of GnRH vaccine is to be injected to elephants at an interval of 4th and 6th month respectively. this will hep to reduce the increasing incidences of Human-Elephant conflict in the world.