High Humidity and Temperature Contributed to Mass Mortality Events of the Saiga Antelope (1 of 5) (IMAGE)

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High Humidity and Temperature Contributed to Mass Mortality Events of the Saiga Antelope (1 of 5)

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New born saiga calf nestling in the arms of a scientist of the joint health monitoring team. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 17, 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by R.A. Kock at Royal Veterinary College in London, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Saigas on the brink: Multidisciplinary analysis of the factors influencing mass mortality events."

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[Photograph courtesy of the Joint saiga health monitoring team in Kazakhstan (Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Kazakhstan, Biosafety Institute, Gvardeskiy RK, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK)]

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