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Non-Invasive Pregnancy Diagnosis in Big Cats using the PGFM (13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF2α) Assay. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Non-invasive monitoring of hormones using feces has become a vital tool for reproductive management and reliable pregnancy diagnosis in big cats. Previous studies described the PGF2α metabolite (PGFM) as an indicator of pregnancy in various feline ...
Martin Dehnhard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maps showing transects in different study sites in Asiatic Lion Landscape, Gujarat, India.

open access: yes, 2023
Maps showing transects in different study sites in Asiatic Lion Landscape, Gujarat, India.
Yashpal Zala (17060841)   +5 more
core   +1 more source

First record of Toxoplasma gondii antibodiesin Royal Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) and Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in India

open access: yesVeterinaria Italiana, 2019
The purpose of this study was to detect the antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Royal Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris), Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica), leopards (Panthera pardus), and elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) residing in the ...
Aman D. Moudgil   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variation in social organisation of lions with particular reference to the Asiatic Lions Panthera leo persica (Carnivora: Felidae) of the Gir forest, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2009
Sociality is one of the distinctive features of Lions (Panthera leo), which are the only social felids. Their evolutionary history is important both for understanding the evolution of sociality and that of other sympatric species owing to their ...
V. Meena
doaj   +1 more source

Balancing conservation planning and mitigation: perspectives from a case study of the Asiatic lions

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Diverse, often inter-disciplinary, approaches have been proposed to advance the conservation of lions (Panthera leo) and their natural habitats. The IUCN guidelines for the conservation of lions in Africa call for effective national policies at all ...
V. Meena, D. W. Macdonald
doaj   +1 more source

Long live the king: chromosome-level assembly of the lion (Panthera leo) using linked-read, Hi-C, and long-read data

open access: yesBMC Biology, 2020
Background The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the most popular and iconic feline species on the planet, yet in spite of its popularity, the last century has seen massive declines for lion populations worldwide.
Ellie E. Armstrong   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Living with lions: the economics of coexistence in the Gir forests, India. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Rarely human communities coexist in harmony with large predators. Most often communities suffer due to predation on their stock while large carnivores suffer losses and at times extirpation due to retaliation.
Kausik Banerjee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of hairs of some mammalian prey of large cats in Gir Protected Area, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2012
A system for rapidly identifying hair specimens by its medullary configuration and scale structure was carried out. Cross sections as well as hair imprints and their drawings prepared from microphotographs, taken especially of those species which are the
N. Dharaiya, V.C. Soni
doaj   +1 more source

Spots and manes: the curious case of foster care between two competing felids

open access: yesEcosphere, 2020
Adoption of unrelated young can have detrimental consequences to the caregivers’ fitness in the form of costs emanating from maladaptive altruism. Owing to such costs, complete adoptions and allo‐nursing are relatively rare in the animal world, more so ...
Dheeraj Mittal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gross Anatomy of Humerus of Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)

open access: yesIndian Journal of Veterinary Sciences & Biotechnology, 2023
Gir forest is the sole home of Asiatic lion. In the present study the anatomy of 4 humerus bones of Asiatic lion were studied. The humerus is long bone with spirally twisted shaft. The mean circumference of proximal extremity was 21.11 cm, while that of distal extremity was 18.00 cm. The mean length of shaft was 17.20 cm.
Sweta Pandya   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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