Motile sperm output by male cheetahs (acinonyx jubatus) managed ex situ is influenced by public exposure and number of care-givers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Koester, Diana C ^a,b   Freeman, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Brown, Janine L ^a   Wildt, David E ^a   Terrell, Kimberly A ^a,c   Franklin, Ashley D ^a,d,e   Crosier, Adrienne E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EXCRETION; EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FECES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACINONYX; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EJACULATION; FECES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84947483838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135847     Document Type: Article

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