The relationship between physical injury, body condition and stress-related hormone concentrations in freeranging giraffes
A physiological stress response can be triggered by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli, but minimal information is available about the physiological stress response related to pain in wildlife. Recently established techniques now allow the non-invasive measurement of faecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) concentrations to monitor the physiological stress response in giraffe. We examined the […]
The use of controlled induction to minimize traumatic injury to Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) using thiafentanil, medetomidine, and ketamine
An abstract on a talk given for describing an immobilization procedure aimed at reducing injury to giraffe during induction.