J D Skinner
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Haim A, Van Aarde R, Skinner J
Oecologia
. 2011 Dec;
83(2):197-200.
PMID: 22160111
Metabolic rates by means of oxygen consumption (VO(2)) at various ambient temperatures (T (a)) and food consumption as well as water intake and thermoregulation were compared between individuals of the...
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Mitchell G, Skinner J
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
. 2010 Sep;
158(1):72-8.
PMID: 20837156
We have measured lung mass and trachea dimensions in 46 giraffes of both genders ranging in body mass from 147 kg to 1441 kg, calculated static and dynamic lung volumes,...
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Mitchell G, Skinner J
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
. 2009 Sep;
154(4):523-9.
PMID: 19720152
There has been co-evolution of a long neck and high blood pressure in giraffes. How the cardiovascular system (CVS) has adapted to produce a high blood pressure, and how it...
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Bredin I, Skinner J, Mitchell G
Onderstepoort J Vet Res
. 2008 Jun;
75(1):1-9.
PMID: 18575058
The daily requirement for calcium and phosphorus by giraffes to sustain the growth and maintenance of their skeletons is large. The source of sufficient calcium is browse. The source of...
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Taylor W, Boomker J, Krecek R, Skinner J, Watermeyer R
J Parasitol
. 2006 Nov;
91(4):863-70.
PMID: 17089756
Helminths of mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula fulvorufula) and gray rhebok (Pelea capreolus) were investigated in South Africa between June 1999 and February 2002. Forty-one mountain reedbuck were culled at Sterkfontein...
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Captive breeding of the white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum, and the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer
Skinner J, Dott H, Matthee A, Hunt L
Onderstepoort J Vet Res
. 2006 Oct;
73(3):237-9.
PMID: 17058447
Breeding records of 40 white rhinoceros and 155 Cape buffalo were analysed. Three rhinoceros cows bred in captivity, themselves conceived for the first time at 84, 87 and 95 months...
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Skinner J, Bounds W, Carruth B, Morris M, Ziegler P
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
. 2004 Mar;
28(4):476-82.
PMID: 14993908
Objective: To identify longitudinal variables related to children's body mass index (BMI) (kg/m(2)) at age 8 y. Design: A longitudinal design, with nine interviews per child from ages 2 to...
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Skinner D, Cilliers S, Skinner J
Reproduction
. 2002 Oct;
124(4):509-13.
PMID: 12361469
Springbok are aseasonally breeding wild ungulates that inhabit arid environments, and interest has been shown in domesticating them for agricultural purposes. The present study was conducted for husbandry purposes to...
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Carruth B, Skinner J
J Nutr Educ
. 2002 Apr;
33(3):143-7.
PMID: 11953229
The purpose of this study was to determine sources and types of information about child feeding practices that were received by 62 mothers with children aged 2 to 54 months....
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Kendrick K, Haupt M, Hinton M, Broad K, Skinner J
Horm Behav
. 2001 Sep;
40(2):322-38.
PMID: 11534995
The extent to which "nurture" as opposed to "nature" determines behavior and sociosexual preferences in mammalian species is controversial although most recent interest has focused on genetic determinants. We report...