Advancing animal biomarker detection and analysis in zoo populations
Developing novel biomarker approaches to support ex situ animal health and wellbeing
As with wild population monitoring, conservation physiology techniques have huge potential to roll back the frontiers of animal welfare best practice. In the last decades, scientists at Chester Zoo have been at the forefront of advancements in biomarker detection and analysis in zoo animals.
We apply endocrinological testing to improve the outcomes of both day to day health and also in reproduction, particularly in species with low population numbers in the wild and in human care.
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