Efforts to implement effective assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) for the conservation of the northern white rhinoceros (NWR; Ceratotherium simum cottoni) to prevent its forthcoming extinction, could be supported by research conducted on the closely related southern white rhinoceros (SWR; ...
Meijs, R.M. van der; Leeuwen, W. van; Prins, C.; Wittink, F.; Pirovano, W.; Duijsings, D.; Bogert, B. van den; Bruins-van Sonsbeek, L.G.R. 2024 Gut microbiome diversity of three rhinoceros species in European zoos. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 55 (2): 301-312 - doi.org/10.1638/2023-0046
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Ecology - Food
All Rhino Species
The wild rhinoceros populations have declined drastically in the past decades because the rhinoceros are heavily hunted for their horns. Zoological institutions aim to conserve rhinoceros populations in captivity, but one of the challenges of ex situ conservation is to provide food sources that r...
