Survey of transport environments of circus tigers (Panthera tigris)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-174

  Nevill, Christian H ^a,b   Friend, Ted H ^a   Toscano, Michael J ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circus; Datalogger; Panthera tigris; Tiger; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CIRCUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS;

EID: 4143055978     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/02-039     Document Type: Review

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