About the Authors
- Gabriela Galateanu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriela Galateanu, Robert Hermes
* E-mail: galateanu@izw-berlin.de
Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
- Robert Hermes
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Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriela Galateanu, Robert Hermes
Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
- Joseph Saragusty
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Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
- Frank Göritz
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Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
- Romain Potier
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Affiliation ZooParc de Beauval, Saint-Aignan, France
- Baptiste Mulot
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Affiliation ZooParc de Beauval, Saint-Aignan, France
- Alexis Maillot
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Affiliation Parc zoologique d'Amnéville, Amnéville-les-Thermes, France
- Pascal Etienne
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Affiliation Parc zoologique de La Barben (Pélissane), La Barben, France
- Rui Bernardino
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Affiliation Hospital Veterinário, Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Teresa Fernandes
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Affiliation Hospital Veterinário, Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Jurgen Mews
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Affiliation Clinical Application Research Center, Toshiba Medical Systems Europe, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
- Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt
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Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
None of the authors of this paper has a financial or personal relationship with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of this paper. Although seven of the authors are employed by commercial entities (RP and BM: ZooParc de Beauval, France; AM: Parc zoologique d'Amnéville, France; PE: Parc zoologique de La Barben, France; RB and TF: Hospital Veterinário, Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Portugal; JM: Toshiba Medical Systems Europe, The Netherlands), this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GG RH JS FG JM TBH. Performed the experiments: GG JM RP BM. Analyzed the data: GG JS TBH FG JM RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM PE RP BM RB TF. Wrote the paper: GG JS RH TBH. Critically reviewed and commented on the manuscript: FG AM PE RP BM RB TF JM.