Table 1. Demographics of male lions included in this study.
| Reproductive assessment (N = 21) | Body weight measurements (N = 11) | Urinalysis (N = 6) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | SB | Age group* | Age at start of sample collection (yr) | Age at end of sample collection (yr) | Collection duration (mo) | Other pridemates (Y/N) | Proven breeder (Y/N) | Age at start of sample collection (yr) | Age at end of sample collection (yr) | Collection duration (mo) | Other pridemates (Y/N) | Age at start of sample collection (yr) | Proven breeder (Y/N) | Other pridemates (Y/N) |
| Birmingham Zoo | 420 | P | 0.1 | 1.4 | 14.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | N | 2.3 | |||||
| 422 | P | 0.1 | 1.4 | 14.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | N | 2.3 | ||||||
| Blank Park Zoo | Generic #1 | Ag | 12.5 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 0.2 | N | |||||||
| Brookfield Zoological Park | 263 | S, Ad | 2.9 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 0.1 | N | |||||||
| Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park | 173 | Ag | 13 | 13.8 | 9.6 | 1.5 | Y | |||||||
| Denver Zoological Gardens | 236 | P | 0 | 1.1 | 12.7 | 3.3 | ||||||||
| 234 | Ad | 6.8 | 7.9 | 13.2 | 2.3 | Y | ||||||||
| 136 | Ad | 6.4 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 2.3 | N | ||||||||
| 137 | Ad | 6.4 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 2.3 | N | ||||||||
| 243 | P | 0 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 4.6 | |||||||||
| Henry Villas Zoo | 221 | Ag | 11.2 | 12.6 | 16.8 | 0.1 | Y | |||||||
| Indianapolis Zoo | 75 | Ag | 14.8 | 16 | 14.4 | 0.2 | Y | |||||||
| Knoxville Zoological Garden | 146 | Ad | 5.9 | 6.9 | 12 | 0.2 | N | |||||||
| Lee Richardson Zoo | 243§ | S, Ad | 2.6 | 3.6 | 12 | 2.3 | N | |||||||
| Milwaukee County Zoological Garden | 225 | Ad | 3.5 | 4.7 | 14.4 | 0.1 | N | |||||||
| North Carolina Zoological Park | 148 | Ad | 9.6 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 0.1 | Y | |||||||
| Oklahoma City Zoo | 64 | Ag | 11.3 | 11.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | N | |||||||
| Potawatami Zoo | Generic #2 | Ad | 7.1 | 8.1 | 12 | 1 | N | |||||||
| Riverbanks Zoological Park | 215 | P, S, Ad | 1.6 | 4 | 28.8 | 0.2 | Y | |||||||
| 313 | P | 0 | 2.5 | 30.2 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| 334 | P | 0 | 2.5 | 30.2 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens | 128 | Ad | 6.3 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 0.1 | Y | |||||||
| Smithsonian National Zoological Park | 248 | S, Ad | 2 | 4.3 | 28.6 | 0.2 | N | 1.2 | 2.1 | 10 | 0.2 | 6.3 | Y | 3.6 |
| 409 | P | 1 | 2 | 12.2 | 3.6 | N | 0.1 | 2.5 | 29.4 | 3.6 | 1.5 | N | 3.6 | |
| 411 | P | 0.9 | 1.8 | 10.7 | 3.6 | N | 0 | 1.7 | 20.4 | 3.6 | 1.4 | N | 3.6 | |
| 412 | P | 0.9 | 1.8 | 10.7 | 3.6 | N | 0 | 1.7 | 20.4 | 3.6 | 1.4 | N | 3.6 | |
| Virginia Zoological Park | 386 | P | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 1.2 | N | 0.1 | 1.8 | 20.4 | 1.2 | |||
| Wildlife Safari Inc | 386+ | S | 1.9 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 0.1 | N | |||||||
*Age Groups: P = Peripubertal, S = Subadult, Ad = Adult, Ag = Aged; Some animals contributed to more than one age group in this study. Animals include SB263 (subadult and adult), SB243 (subadult and adult), SB215 (peripubertal, subadult, and adult), and SB248 (subadult and adult).
§SB243 transferred from Denver Zoo to Lee Richardson Zoo during the study and hence was counted as the same animal.
+SB386 tranfserred from Virginia Zoological Park to Wildlife Safari, Inc during the study and hence was counted as the same animal.