GROWTH, HUSBANDRY, AND DIETS OF FIVE SUCCESSFULLY HAND-REARED ORPHANED GIRAFFE CALVES (
Giraffa
growth measurements
hand-rearing
maternal rejection
nutrition
Journal
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
ISSN: 1042-7260
Titre abrégé: J Zoo Wildl Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8915208
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 03 2019
01 03 2019
Historique:
entrez:
24
5
2019
pubmed:
24
5
2019
medline:
17
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Giraffe in the wild are in ongoing decline because of poaching and habitat loss and fragmentation, and were recently assessed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. Captive breeding and saving each individual are therefore becoming more important to save this species from extinction. This paper describes the husbandry and diets of successfully hand-reared Rothschild's giraffes (
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
205-218Informations de copyright
© 2019 by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians.