Formerly bile-farmed bears as a model of accelerated ageing

Abstract Bear bile-farming is common in East and Southeast Asia and this farming practice often results in irreversible health outcomes for the animals. We studied long-term effects of chronic bacterial and sterile hepatobiliary inflammation in 42 Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) rescued from...

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Main Authors: Szilvia K. Kalogeropoulu, Hanna Rauch-Schmücking, Emily J. Lloyd, Peter Stenvinkel, Paul G. Shiels, Richard J. Johnson, Ole Fröbert, Irene Redtenbacher, Iwan A. Burgener, Johanna Painer-Gigler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36447-z