(While I'm not sure about the feasibility of milking an elephant, or elephant wet nurses, somehow the way this is worded just doesn't feel right.  How about treating the infection???)
Janice

Elephant's weight loss puzzles Zoo vets
St. Louis Zoo

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/1C2E4BFAD9126302862571F800130D23?OpenDocument

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Most likely is that Maliha's mother is not supplying enough milk. A possible culprit is that she could have an infected reproductive tract, Miller said.

If Maliha were in the wild, chances are she would not survive this problem, he said.

So the Zoo will do what human mothers have done for decades: They'll feed her infant formula.

A company called Grober Nutrition makes a powdered formula for a number of animals - including Asian elephants. After each feeding from Ellie, Maliha gets two to three liters of the mixture through a stomach tube, Miller said. Zoo workers are hoping she takes to a bottle.

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