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Assessment of Body Condition in African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) Elephants in North American Zoos and Management Practices Associated with High Body Condition Scores

Obesity has a negative effect on health and welfare of many species, and has been speculated to be a problem for zoo elephants. To address this concern, we assessed the body condition of 240 elephants housed in North American zoos based on a set of standardized photographs using a 5-point Body Condi...

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Udgivet i:PLoS One
Main Authors: Morfeld, Kari A., Meehan, Cheryl L., Hogan, Jennifer N., Brown, Janine L.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944958/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27415629
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155146
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