“assess species and sex distribution, reproductive status, life expectancy, and main mortality causes of chameleons in zoo”…

[kinyonga]

“The main mortality causes in 14 species (n = 412) were infectious (46.8%), renal (11.4%), or reproductive (10.7%) diseases, and 41.7% of the studied individuals displayed renal lesions at necropsy. ”…
https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/40505

 

[DocZ]

Is there an English translation? I’d love to read the article

 

[DocZ]

“The main mortality causes in 14 species (n = 412) were infectious (46.8%), renal (11.4%), or reproductive (10.7%) diseases, and 41.7% of the studied individuals displayed renal lesions at necropsy. ”…
https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/40505

I did find an English version of the abstract
I’ll see if I can access the full text through my work website next week
I’ve always been suspicious that environmental underhydration underlies the renal disorders in chams
I’m also curious what infectious diseases account for their leading mortality

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

That was an interesting abstract. That gave some insight to life histories of chameleons in captivity. Thanks for the refference.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich

 

[kinyonga]

Try this…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38875194/

This might be something you’d like to read…
https://www.agchamaeleons.de/en/tag/pathologie/

 

[DocZ]

Try this…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38875194/

Thank you

 

[kinyonga]

You’re welcome! I’m still looking for more info.

 

[DocZ]

You’re welcome! I’m still looking for more info.

I’m heading down the renal disease rabbit hole. We’ll see what I find

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

The three main abstracts were talking about the same thing. Abstracts in triplicate!!

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich