Use of genital inspection and female urine tests to detect oestrus in captive Asian elephants

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Thitaram C., Chansitthiwet S., Pongsopawijit P., Brown J.L., Wongkalasin W., Daram P., Roongsri R., Kalmapijit A., Mahasawangkul S., Rojanasthien S., Colenbrander B., van der Weijden G.C., van Eerdenburg F.J.C.M.
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67651154242&partnerID=40&md5=88ead70b46642da37c2b0c4f3b1eecf4; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19131193; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7485
• المؤسسة: Chiang Mai University

Captive Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations are decreasing due to low birth rates compared to wild elephants. Improving oestrous detection in female elephants is required to ensure successful mating in captive and semi-captive herds. Responsive behaviours of eight semi-captive bull elephant...