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Giraffe evidence area

Injury, wounds & lameness

Trauma, wounds, fractures, hoof problems, gait impairment and lameness.

Moderate corpus coverage
73mapped records
30open-access records
4records with verification flag

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This area groups records related to injury, wounds & lameness. 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

1961–2026

41% of mapped records are marked open access. Classification can be imperfect; use the paper-level sources for substantive conclusions.

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Key papers in the map

198987 citations in source index

Tissue fluid pressures: From basic research tools to clinical applications

Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

Open DOI
202262 citations in source index

Characterization of Lumpy skin disease virus isolated from a giraffe in Vietnam

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

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
2018Evidence note56 citations in source index

The locomotor kinematics and ground reaction forces of walking giraffes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Open DOI
202137 citations in source index

High real-time reporting of domestic and wild animal diseases following rollout of mobile phone reporting system in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Open DOI
202230 citations in source index

Giraffe Neck Robot: First Step Toward a Powerful and Flexible Robot Prototyping Based on Giraffe Anatomy

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Open DOI

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