Tooth wear in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis): Mesowear analysis classifies free-ranging specimens as browsers but captive ones as grazers

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-445

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Franz Odendaal, Tamara A ^b   Brasch, Juliane ^d   Castell, Johanna C ^c   Kaiser, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid insoluble ash; Alfalfa; Browse; Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffe; Grass; Nutrition; Pelleted compound feed; Silica; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ARTIODACTYLA; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH ATTRITION;

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 34748845162     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/06-032.1     Document Type: Article

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