OBESITY PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN CAPTIVE ASIAN ELEPHANTS (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) IN CHINA: A BODY CONDITION ASSESSMENT STUDY

Obesity Prevalence and Associated Factors in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in China: A Body Condition Assessment Study

Obesity is a prevalent health issue among captive wildlife, but the obesity status of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in China has not been systematically investigated.This study assessed obesity in 204 captive Asian elephants across 43 facilities by recording seven potentially relevant variables: sex, age, daily feed supply, proportion o

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Maternal gestational cortisol and testosterone are associated with trade-offs in offspring sex and number in a free-living rodent (Urocitellus richardsonii).

The adaptive manipulation of offspring sex and number has been of considerable interest to ecologists and evolutionary biologists.The physiological mechanisms that translate maternal condition and environmental cues into adaptive responses in offspring sex and number, however, remain obscure.In mammals, research into the mechanisms responsible for

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Experimental investigation of heat transfer in a falling down rivulet of liquid FC-72 on the vertical heated foil

Heat transfer at rivulet FC-72 flow over the constantan vertical heated foil with the length of read more 80 mm, width of 35 mm, and thickness of 25 mm was studied experimentally.Distributions of temperature on the bottom side of foil from the rivulet flow using the infrared thermographic data were obtained.In the future heat flux from the foil wil

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