1. MORTALITY REVIEW FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN SNOW LEOPARD (PANTHERA UNCIA) ZOO POPULATION FROM JANUARY 1999 TO DECEMBER 2019
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Timothy A. Georoff, Jay Tetzloff, Nancy A. Carpenter, Mandy Womble, Janis Ott Joslin, Kelly Helmick, Lynn Tupa, and Denise McAloose
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medicine.medical_specialty ,040301 veterinary sciences ,Population ,Disease ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,0403 veterinary science ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,education ,Cause of death ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,General Veterinary ,business.industry ,Panthera uncia ,Retrospective cohort study ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,fictional_universe ,fictional_universe.character_species ,medicine.disease ,Transitional cell carcinoma ,Snow leopard ,Etiology ,Animal Science and Zoology ,business ,human activities - Abstract
The objective of this 20-yr retrospective study was to review and summarize causes of mortality in the North American (NA) snow leopard population to inform and enhance animal health and husbandry practices. Pathology reports were requested from all NA zoological institutions housing snow leopards that died between 01 January 1999 and 31 December 2019. Data were reviewed and cause of death (COD) and concurrent diseases were summarized and compared by age group, organ system, and disease process. The 241 snow leopards in this report include 109 males, 130 females, and two of undetermined sex. Among them were 116 geriatric snow leopards (>15 yr), 72 adults (15-3 yr), 16 juveniles (3 yr to 2 mo), 32 neonates (2 mo to 0 days), and five fetuses (
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- 2021