Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on indri (Indri indri) health in Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 632-642

  Junge, Randall E ^a   Barrett, Meredith A ^b   Yoder, Anne D ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Indri indri; Lemur health; Madagascar; Nutrition; Wildlife health monitoring

Indexed keywords

IRON; MINERAL; PLASMA PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEALTH STATUS; LOUSE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MADAGASCAR; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSIMIAN; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; IRON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MINERALS; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; STREPSIRHINI; VITAMINS;

MADAGASCAR;

INDRI; INDRI INDRI; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; TRICHOPHILOPTERUS BABAKOTOPHILUS;

EID: 79956226844     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20938     Document Type: Article

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