Seasonal Effects on Great Ape Health: A Case Study of Wild Chimpanzees and Western Gorillas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Masi, Shelly ^a   Chauffour, Sophie ^b   Bain, Odile ^a   Todd, Angelique ^c   Guillot, Jacques ^b   Krief, Sabrina ^a,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c UMR 7205 OSEB ^*  (Central African Republic)

^d Projet Pour la Conservation des Grands Singes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HEALTH; APE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHIMPANZEE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GORILLA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; UGANDA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND;

ANIMALS; GORILLA GORILLA; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84870844017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049805     Document Type: Article

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