Management factors affecting physical health and welfare of tourist camp elephants in Thailand

Background Variation in management across elephant camps likely has differential effects on the well-being of elephants. Methods This study calculated body condition, foot health and skin wound scores (WSs) for 122 elephants from 15 elephant camps in Chiang Mai province, and examined relationships t...

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Main Authors: Pakkanut Bansiddhi, Korakot Nganvongpanit, Janine L. Brown, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Pornsawan Pongsopawijit, Chatchote Thitaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6756.pdf