Comparison of biomedical evaluation for white-fronted Brown Lemurs (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) from four sites in Madagascar

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-575

  Junge, Randall E ^a   Dutton, Christopher J ^b   Knightly, Felicia ^c   Williams, Cathy V ^d   Rasambainarivo, Fidisoa T ^e,f   Louis, Edward E ^g  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b TORONTO ZOO   (Canada)

^c DENVER ZOO   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^f Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

^g Parc Ivoloina ^*  (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Conservation medicine; Disease ecology; Health; Lemur; Madagascar; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS ALBIFRONS; GIARDIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 58149141707     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0137.1     Document Type: Article

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