"Animals, Zoo" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Animal population groups or individual animals that reside in captivity at a zoological park.
| Descriptor ID |
D000836
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.050.448
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Animals, Zoo" by people in this website by year, and whether "Animals, Zoo" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Animals, Zoo" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiometabolic disease risk in gorillas is associated with altered gut microbial metabolism. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2025 Feb 21; 11(1):33.
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Evaluating the Co-Occurrence of Abnormal Behaviors in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Am J Primatol. 2025 Feb; 87(2):e70001.
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The Provision of Browse and Its Impacts on the Health and Welfare of Animals at the Zoo: A Review. Zoo Biol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 44(2):105-125.
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The behavior patterns of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) housed across 18 US zoos. PeerJ. 2024; 12:e18164.
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Moving Toward Evidence-Based Care: Measuring Preferences in Zoo-Housed Aquatic Turtles Using 24-h Remote Monitoring. Zoo Biol. 2024 Sep-Oct; 43(5):491-498.
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Can you dig it? The impact of a movable substrate "dig pit" on naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) behavior and welfare. Zoo Biol. 2024 Sep-Oct; 43(5):470-480.
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Strategies for establishing and using genome resource banks to protect genetic diversity in conservation breeding programs. Zoo Biol. 2023 Mar; 42(2):175-184.
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Chemical contraceptive impacts on cyclic progesterone and sexual behavior in zoo-housed Western lowland gorillas. Am J Primatol. 2023 03; 85(3):e23418.
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Do zoo-housed primates retreat from crowds? A simple study of five primate species. Am J Primatol. 2022 10; 84(10):e23386.
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Characterizing zoo-housed Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) reproduction using gonadal steroid metabolite analysis in feces. Domest Anim Endocrinol. 2022 07; 80:106721.