Development of guidelines for assessing obesity in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-104

  Videan, Elalne N ^a   Frltz, Jo ^a   Murphy, James ^a  

^a Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body weight; Gender differences; Morphometrics; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 34248667295     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20122     Document Type: Article

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