Non-invasive body temperature measurement of wild chimpanzees using fecal temperature decline

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 542-546

  Jensen, Siv Aina ^a,b,c   Mundry, Roger ^a   Nunn, Charles L ^a,d   Boesch, Christophe ^a   Leendertz, Fabian H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature estimation; Health monitoring; Noninvasive method; Wild chimpanzees; Wild great apes

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FECES; HEALTH SURVEY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APE DISEASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; FECES; PAN TROGLODYTES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 67649978963     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.542     Document Type: Article

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