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Does indigestible food remains in the scats of Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus (Carnivora: Ursidae) represent actual contribution of various diet items?

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2010
The contribution of diet items in the food of sloth bears is estimated solely based on the dry weight or volume of indigestible food remains found in the scats, assuming that the ratio of digestible versus indigestible matters is equal in all diet items.
N. Baskaran, A.A. Desai
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Tuberculosis in captive sloth bear (Melursus urcinus)

International Journal of scientific research and management, 2016
A carcass of 10 year old male Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) from Maharaj Bag Zoo, Nagpur was brought for a post mortem examination with the history of illness since 15 days and no response to the treatment. The postmortem examination revealed pale mucous membrane, hide bound condition and dehydration.
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Management of heat stroke in a Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus

Zoos' Print Journal, 2002
A male Sloth Bear aged about 10 years was let loose in his open enclosure as usual in the early morning hours of 16.v.2001. The Bear was quite normal till earlier that day with normal appetite and stools. After the cleaning operations, the usual diet (wheat flour cooked in milk) was offered in the feeding cubicle but the Bear did not come to the ...
S.V. Upadhye, V.M. Dhoot
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Epidemiology and chemotherapy of parasitic infections in wild omnivores in the Mahendra Choudhury Zoological Park, Chhat Bir, Punjab

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2009
The present investigation deals with the occurrence and intensity of gastrointestinal helminthic infections along with chemotherapeutic response in 13 different omnivore species belonging to Primate, Ursidae, Suidae and Viverridae at M.C Zoological Park,
P. Singh, L.D. Singla, M.P. Gupta, S. Sharma, D.R. Sharma   +4 more
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Implementation of Seasonal Diets through Seasonal Diet Surveys in Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus): A Case Study at Idaho Falls Zoo

, 2023
Wild sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) display seasonal diet preferences for insects and fruit during the dry and monsoon season respectively. To potentially utilize as a method for reducing abnormal behaviors and improving animal welfare, the purpose of ...
Clever, Noah
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Hotspots and ecological drivers of human-sloth bear conflicts in Tamil nadu, India

Discover Conservation
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) poses a significant challenge to conservation and socioeconomic stability, primarily driven by anthropogenic pressures. Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus), classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, frequently engage in conflict with
Priyambada Routray, Thekke Thumbath Shameer, A. Udhayan, Rangaswamy Kanchana, Manikka Govindan Ganesan, Dhayanithi Vasantha Kumari   +5 more
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Evisceration of brain: An unusual case report of bear mauling from eastern India

, 2017
Even if human beings are the most intelligent among all living beings, they are still not immune to attack from wild animals. Human contact with bears has become more frequent as their habitat is being endangered by frequent deforestation. The sloth bear
Rajesh Gantayat, Bikash Behera, Deepak Das, Sanjib Mishra   +3 more
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Sloth Bear Behavior

You won’t believe the surprising behaviors of sloth bears, from their unique foraging techniques to their impressive climbing abilities and more.
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Social-ecological determinants of contemporary megafauna distributions in Indian tropical dry woodlands

Ecology and Society
Megafauna are among the most challenging conservation targets, particularly in the world’s tropical dry woodlands, which are under high and rising pressures.
Tamanna Kalam, Marie Pratzer, Kulbhushansingh R Suryawanshi, Xiang Liu, Tobias Kuemmerle   +4 more
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Assessing patterns of human–Asiatic black bear interaction in and around Wangchuck Centennial National Park, Bhutan

, 2016
Bhutan has 2 of the 8 species of bears recorded in the world: Asiatic black bear and Sloth bear. Asiatic black bear is listed in Appendix I of the CITES and categorized as vulnerable in IUCN Red List.
Jamtsho, Yonten, Wangchuk, Sangay
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