Biomedical evaluation of black lemurs (Eulemur macaco macaco) in Lokobe Reserve, Madagascar

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-76

  Junge, Randall E ^a   Louis, Edward E ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b Omaha's Henry Poorly Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Black lemur; Disease; Eulemur macaco macaco; Health assessment; Madagascar; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EULEMUR MACACO; EULEMUR MACACO MACACO; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. OZAENAE; LAELAPIDAE; PSOROPTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.; STREPSIRHINI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34047187539     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/06-006.1     Document Type: Review

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