Housing and Demographic Risk Factors Impacting Foot and Musculoskeletal Health in African Elephants [Loxodonta africana] and Asian Elephants [Elephas maximus] in North American Zoos

For more than three decades, foot and musculoskeletal conditions have been documented among both Asian [Elephas maximus] and African [Loxodonta africana] elephants in zoos. Although environmental factors have been hypothesized to play a contributing role in the development of foot and musculoskeleta...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Miller, Michele A., Hogan, Jennifer N., Meehan, Cheryl L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944946/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27415763
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155223
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