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Captive breeding of Dipsochelys giant tortoises
The Seychelles Giant Tortoise Conservation Project captive breeding programme for the Seychelles tortoises Dipsochelys arnoldi and D. hololissa is described. Successful hatching occurred in 2002 and the reasons for this success discussed. Important factors are enclosure design, social structure and the use of artificial incubation. Methods for sexing hatchlings are discussed. There may be great...
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Please cite this article in press as: Mafli, A., e tortoises, Animal Behaviour (2011), doi:10.1 Although body coloration is often used in social interactions, few studies have tested whether it is linked to a suite of behavioural traits. We examined whether among captive adult male eastern Hermann’s tortoises, Eurotestudo boettgeri, behavioural patterns covary with eumelanic coloration of the s...
متن کاملPlasma concentrations of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol in 22 captive tortoises (Testudo species).
The plasma concentration of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol was measured in 13 adult Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni), seven adult spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) and two adult marginated tortoises (Testudo marginata) during 2004. They were healthy, of both sexes, and kept in captivity under natural unfiltered sunlight in southern England with no dietary sources of cholecalciferol. Bloo...
متن کاملMortality of captive tortoises due to viviparous nematodes of the genus Proatractis (Family Atractidae).
Between September 1982 and January 1984, verminous colitis was diagnosed post mortem in eight red-footed tortoises (Geochelone carbonaria) and three leopard tortoises (Geochelone pardalis) from the reptile collection of the National Zoological Park. This represented 69% of 16 tortoise necropsy accessions for that period. Etiology was determined to be a viviparous pinworm-like nematode of the ge...
متن کاملFree-living and captive turtles and tortoises as carriers of new Chlamydia spp.
A variety of Chlamydia species belonging to the Chlamydiaceae family have been reported in reptilian hosts but scarce data about their occurrence in turtles and tortoises are available. In this study, research was conducted to acquire information on invasive alien species (IAS) of turtles and indigenous turtles and tortoises, living both free and in captivity, as possible reservoirs of Chlamydi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1040-6387,1943-4936
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100616