Too much intervention can interfere with the natural selection of the population. If there's a serious outbreak of disease, that's it. There is no other population. That's why this is so important. The mountain gorilla is one of three subspecies of gorillas.
Mountain gorillas are the largest and most endangered of the great apes.
It was no simple feat, then, when Sleeman and other researchers and trackers tried to unobtrusively capture urine samples in a plastic cup. Sleeman's practice of directly collecting urine allowed him to establish normal physiological values to be used to examine for certain diseases such as liver and kidney disease and metabolic disorders. The urine samples were also used to conduct pregnancy tests with kits that are sold in stores here. For the record, blue means yes in apes, the same as with humans. Sleeman has completed research evaluating parasite samples and is publishing results in collaboration with UT veterinary professor and parasitologist Dr. Sharon Patton.