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Individual and environmental risk factors associated with fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-housed Asian and African elephants

A recent large-scale welfare study in North America involving 106 Asian (Elephas maximus) and 131 African (Loxodonta africana) elephants at 64 accredited facilities identified links (i.e., risk factors) between zoo environmental factors and a number of welfare outcomes (stereotypic behavior, ovarian...

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Autores principales: Brown, Janine L., Carlstead, Kathy, Bray, Jessica D., Dickey, David, Farin, Charlotte, Ange-van Heugten, Kimberly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31483790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217326