The Forest department has instituted an expert panel to treat a six-year-old elephant calf which has been suffering from muscular pain and inflammation in the left hind leg for over a month at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor here.
Manu, the male elephant calf, was found to have developed difficulty in moving its left hind leg on April 4. On examination by the assistant forest veterinary officer at the centre, it was found that its leg has developed inflammation. The ailment had an adverse impact on its appetite too.
According to official sources, the elephant was administered analgesics, antibiotics and targeted anti-inflammatory injections during the first phase of treatment. While it showed significant signs of recovery and started consuming food and resumed its normal sleep-wake cycle, the calf continued to display difficulty in standing upright.
