FLUCTUATING ODONTOMETRIC ASYMMETRY, MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY, AND GENETIC MONOMORPHISM IN THE CHEETAH ACINONYX JUBATUS
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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) dewclaw: specialization overlooked
Both the behavioural and the morphological analyses confirm the special role of the dewclaw in the cheetah: a strong hook to stop running animals by using the energy of the victim itself. However, this would hardly be an explanation for the rather large dewclaw in the puma. The present finding of the puma as an intermediate between the cheetah and other large felids for dewclaw size, supports t...
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Serum cortisol response was assessed in 8 captive cheetahs, of varying ages, after the intravenous administration of 500 microg of tetracosactide (Synacthen Depot, Novartis, Kempton Park) while maintained under general anaesthesia. In addition, 8 cheetahs were anaesthetised and given an equal volume of saline in order to establish baseline cortisol concentrations at similar stages of anaesthesi...
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متن کاملSingle-Incision Laparoscopic Sterilization of the Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).
OBJECTIVE To describe laparoscopic ovariectomy and salpingectomy in the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) using single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS). STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort. ANIMALS Female cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) (n = 21). METHODS Cheetahs were randomly divided to receive either ovariectomy (n = 11) or salpingectomy (n = 10). The use and complications of a SILS port was evalu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolution
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0014-3820
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1991.tb04384.x