Associations among tourist camp management, high and low tourist seasons, and welfare factors in female Asian elephants in Thailand.

Associations among tourist camp management, high and low tourist seasons, and welfare factors in female Asian elephants in Thailand.

This study investigated how camp management and tourist activities affect body condition, adrenocortical function, lipid profiles and metabolic status in female tourist elephants. We compared twice monthly serum insulin, glucose, fructosamine, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density l...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Treepradab Norkaew, Janine L Brown, Chatchote Thitaram, Pakkanut Bansiddhi, Chaleamchat Somgird, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Khanittha Punturee, Preeyanat Vongchan, Nopphamas Somboon, Jaruwan Khonmee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218579

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218579

Similar Items