The “wildness” of the giant panda gut microbiome and its relevance to effective translocation
Since 2005, 12 captive pandas have been translocated into the wild. Of these, three were killed by conditional pathogen infections after release. Given that the gut microbiome is important to host health and environmental adaptation, increasing the “wildness” of the gut microbiomes of captive pandas...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419300708 |