The “wildness” of the giant panda gut microbiome and its relevance to effective translocation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00644
Abstract: Abstract Since 2005, 12 captive pandas have been translocated into the wild. Of these, three were killed by conditional pathogen infections after release. Given that the gut microbiome is important to host health and environmental… read more here.
Keywords: gut microbiome; panda; giant panda; translocation ... See more keywords