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Ovarian acyclicity in zoo African elephants (Loxodonta africana) is associated with high body condition scores and elevated serum insulin and leptin

Kari A. Morfeld A B and Janine L. Brown A
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A Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.

B Corresponding author. Email: morfeldk@si.edu

Reproduction, Fertility and Development 28(5) 640-647 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD14140
Submitted: 29 April 2014  Accepted: 3 September 2014   Published: 7 November 2014



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