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Predictors of testosterone in zoo‐managed male African elephants (Loxodonta Africana)

Autor: Kaitlyn M, Campbell, James A, Wilson, Kari A, Morfeld

Publikováno v: Zoo Biology. 42:268-282

Reproductive complications for both male and female zoo-managed African elephants (Loxodonta africana) contribute to the rapidly declining population. In zoo-managed bull elephants, few studies have explored the potential physiological, physical, soc

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https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21737

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Metabolic health assessment of zoo elephants: Management factors predicting leptin levels and the glucose-to-insulin ratio and their associations with health parameters.

Autor: Kari A Morfeld, Janine L Brown

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 11, p e0188701 (2017)

Screening for metabolic-related health problems can enhance animal welfare, so the purpose of this study was to conduct the first metabolic health assessment of zoo elephants and use epidemiological methods to determine how factors in the captive env

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Reproductive Health Assessment of Female Elephants in North American Zoos and Association of Husbandry Practices with Reproductive Dysfunction in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).

Autor: Janine L Brown, Stephen Paris, Natalia A Prado-Oviedo, Cheryl L Meehan, Jennifer N Hogan, Kari A Morfeld, Kathy Carlstead

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 7, p e0145673 (2016)

As part of a multi-institutional study of zoo elephant welfare, we evaluated female elephants managed by zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and applied epidemiological methods to determine what factors in the zoo environment are

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Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training.

Autor: Brian J Greco, Cheryl L Meehan, Lance J Miller, David J Shepherdson, Kari A Morfeld, Jeff Andrews, Anne M Baker, Kathy Carlstead, Joy A Mench

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 7, p e0152490 (2016)

The management of African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants in zoos involves a range of practices including feeding, exercise, training, and environmental enrichment. These practices are necessary to meet the elephants' nutri

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Assessment of Body Condition in African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) Elephants in North American Zoos and Management Practices Associated with High Body Condition Scores.

Autor: Kari A Morfeld, Cheryl L Meehan, Jennifer N Hogan, Janine L Brown

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 7, p e0155146 (2016)

Obesity has a negative effect on health and welfare of many species, and has been speculated to be a problem for zoo elephants. To address this concern, we assessed the body condition of 240 elephants housed in North American zoos based on a set of s

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Variation in metabolic factors and gonadal, pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal hormones in association with musth in African and Asian elephant bulls

Autor: Emmanuelle Chave, Kari A. Morfeld, Janine L. Brown, Steve Paris, Katie L. Edwards, Natalia A. Prado

Publikováno v: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 276:1-13

Longitudinal analyses of serum testosterone, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin, glucose, insulin, triglycerides, cholesterol, total and free thyroxine (T4), total triiodothyronine (T3), thyroid stimulating hormon

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.02.005

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Development of a body condition scoring index for female African elephants validated by ultrasound measurements of subcutaneous fat.

Autor: Kari A Morfeld, John Lehnhardt, Christina Alligood, Jeff Bolling, Janine L Brown

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 4, p e93802 (2014)

Obesity-related health and reproductive problems may be contributing to non-sustainability of zoo African elephant (Loxodonta africana) populations. However, a major constraint in screening for obesity in elephants is lack of a practical method to ac

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Adiposity and Reproductive Cycling Status in Zoo African Elephants

Autor: Janine L. Brown, Maria S. Johnson, Kari A. Morfeld, Catherine Hambly, John R. Speakman, Daniella E. Chusyd, David B. Allison, Amit Patki, Tim R. Nagy

Publikováno v: Obesity. 26:103-110

Funded by Eppley Foundation for Research . Grant Number: P30DK056336 Diabetes Research Center . Grant Number: P30DK079626 Nathan Shock Center on Aging . Grant Number: P30AG050886 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute . Grant Number: T32HL105349 N

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https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22046

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