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Giraffe evidence area

Capture, handling & translocation risk

Immobilisation, capture myopathy, handling stress, translocation and welfare.

Broad corpus coverage
137mapped records
69open-access records
7records with verification flag

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This area groups records related to capture, handling & translocation risk. Use the paper-level sources to identify the population, study design, outcome measured, and limits before drawing a conservation conclusion.

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Corpus coverage

1960–2026

50% of mapped records are marked open access. Classification can be imperfect; use the paper-level sources for substantive conclusions.

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2000Evidence note4337 citations in source index

Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-- Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health

Science

Open DOI
1996103 citations in source index

On Comparing the Behaviour of Zoo Housed Animals with Wild Conspecifics as a Welfare Indicator, Using The Giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis)as a Model

Animal Welfare

Open DOI
1960100 citations in source index

Circulation of the Giraffe

Circulation Research

Open DOI
199678 citations in source index

Behavioural sleep in the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in a zoological garden

Journal of Sleep Research

Open DOI
200962 citations in source index

Jugular venous pooling during lowering of the head affects blood pressure of the anesthetized giraffe

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Open DOI
201947 citations in source index

Extracting physiological information in experimental biology via Eulerian video magnification

BMC Biology

Open DOI

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