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Reproductive Health Assessment of Female Elephants in North American Zoos and Association of Husbandry Practices with Reproductive Dysfunction in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

As part of a multi-institutional study of zoo elephant welfare, we evaluated female elephants managed by zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and applied epidemiological methods to determine what factors in the zoo environment are associated with reproductive problems, including...

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Autores principales: Brown, Janine L., Paris, Stephen, Prado-Oviedo, Natalia A., Meehan, Cheryl L., Hogan, Jennifer N., Morfeld, Kari A., Carlstead, Kathy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4945061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27416141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145673