Captive breeding of pangolins: Current status, problems and future prospects

ZooKeys

Volumn 2015, Issue 507, 2015, Pages 99-114

  Hua, Liushuai ^a   Gong, Shiping ^a   Wang, Fumin ^b   Li, Weiye ^a   Ge, Yan ^a   Li, Xiaonan ^a   Hou, Fanghui ^b  

^a Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Wildlife Rescue Center   (China)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation; Dietary husbandry; Disease; Pangolin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84930882646     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.507.6970     Document Type: Article

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