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3 summaries matching “cheetah” in Veterinary Medicine
Research overview: chronic gastritis in captive cheetahs
OverviewCaptive cheetahs are notably prone to a severe chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter infection, a condition far more debilitating in captive than in wild cheetahs, suggesting that stress, imm…
Research overview: renal disease in captive big cats
OverviewChronic kidney disease is a common cause of illness and death in aging captive big cats, paralleling its prominence in domestic cats and reflecting the longer lifespans achieved in managed care. Capti…
The cheetah is depauperate in genetic variation
PaperThis influential study revealed that cheetahs possess strikingly low genetic variation, demonstrated by extreme similarity at protein-coding loci and, in later related work, acceptance of reciprocal s…
O'Brien SJ, Wildt DE, Goldman D, Merril CR, Bush M · Science · 1983