Effects of breeding center, age and parasite burden on fecal triiodothyronine levels in forest musk deer.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of sex, breeding center and age on fecal triiodothyronine levels in captive forest musk deer Moschus berezovskii, and to explore the age-intensity model of gastrointestinal parasites. Furthermore, the association between fecal triiodothyronine...

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Main Authors: Xiaolong Hu, Yuting Wei, Songlin Huang, Gang Liu, Yihua Wang, Defu Hu, Shuqiang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6166975?pdf=render