A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept study
In contrast to most mammals, elephants express a life-long dentition change called molar progression, with a continuous change in size of the grinding surface. This may impact chewing efficiency and consequently lead to age-related variation in faecal particle size. Assessing faecal particle size re...
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| author | Schiffmann, Christian Schiffmann, Linda Bonillo, Javier Bulkeviciute, Ineta Gozalbes Aparicio, Elisa Paniagua, Jorge Ribera, Gloria Ruiz, Marta Torró, Mario Clauss, Marcus |
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| description | In contrast to most mammals, elephants express a life-long dentition change called molar progression, with a continuous change in size of the grinding surface. This may impact chewing efficiency and consequently lead to age-related variation in faecal particle size. Assessing faecal particle size relies on tedious laboratory analysis and would benefit by a more simple and practical method. We develop such a method and evaluate its reliability by comparison with the results from laboratory analysis. The method was based on measuring the 10 largest particles per sample and produced comparable ranking as laboratory analysis, in four test-elephants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb69bcd0de20425a94ea161c9b7f5c332024-02-05T13:17:15ZengInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)Gajah1391-19962773-69892023-01-01563035https://doi.org/10.2305/CDOW8762A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept studySchiffmann, Christian Schiffmann, Linda Bonillo, Javier Bulkeviciute, Ineta Gozalbes Aparicio, Elisa Paniagua, Jorge Ribera, Gloria Ruiz, Marta Torró, Mario Clauss, Marcus In contrast to most mammals, elephants express a life-long dentition change called molar progression, with a continuous change in size of the grinding surface. This may impact chewing efficiency and consequently lead to age-related variation in faecal particle size. Assessing faecal particle size relies on tedious laboratory analysis and would benefit by a more simple and practical method. We develop such a method and evaluate its reliability by comparison with the results from laboratory analysis. The method was based on measuring the 10 largest particles per sample and produced comparable ranking as laboratory analysis, in four test-elephants.https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/2023/56-30-Schiffmann.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Schiffmann, Christian Schiffmann, Linda Bonillo, Javier Bulkeviciute, Ineta Gozalbes Aparicio, Elisa Paniagua, Jorge Ribera, Gloria Ruiz, Marta Torró, Mario Clauss, Marcus A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept study Gajah |
| title | A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept study |
| title_full | A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept study |
| title_fullStr | A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept study |
| title_full_unstemmed | A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept study |
| title_short | A simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the Asian elephant – A proof of concept study |
| title_sort | simple approach to monitor faecal particle size in the asian elephant a proof of concept study |
| url | https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/2023/56-30-Schiffmann.pdf |
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