Descriptive Data from the Collection Titled:Epidemiological Investigations of North American Zoo Elephant Welfare.Individual Papers included in the Collection:Greco BJ, Meehan CL, Hogan JN, Leighty KL
Mean (± SEM) and minimum-maximum seasonal fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations in Asian (n = 106) and African (n = 131) elephants in North American zoos that participated in the Elepha
There has been much concern in recent years about the welfare of elephants in zoos across North America and Europe. While some previous studies have assessed captive elephant welfare at a particular p
Hypotheses (H): positive (+), negative (-), or neutral (/) relationship of each variable with the number of clinical events per animal as a measure of elephant welfare, and whether observed relationsh