Assessment of Flooring Renovations on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavior and Glucocorticoid Response.

Assessment of Flooring Renovations on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavior and Glucocorticoid Response.

Captive African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants can experience foot pathologies and arthritis. As a preventative measure against these pathologies and to alleviate the potential discomfort due to concrete substrates, some zoological institutions have renovated elephant hou...

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Main Authors: Sarah A Boyle, Beth Roberts, Brittany M Pope, Margaret R Blake, Stephen E Leavelle, Jennifer J Marshall, Andrew Smith, Amanda Hadicke, Josephine F Falcone, Katrina Knott, Andrew J Kouba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4633053?pdf=render

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