One small step for rhinos, one giant leap for wildlife management--imaging diagnosis of bone pathology in distal limb.

Chronic foot disease poses a threat to the general health, represents a tremendous clinical challenge, and often is a reason for euthanasia in captive megaherbivores, among them the elephant and rhinoceros. Nevertheless, apart from the elephant, foot pathology is handled as being confined only to so...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gabriela Galateanu, Thomas B Hildebrandt, Alexis Maillot, Pascal Etienne, Romain Potier, Baptiste Mulot, Joseph Saragusty, Robert Hermes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3706412?pdf=render