Hand-Rearing of Newborn Giant Panda

The mortality of captive newborn giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is ashigh as 71.3%, but it can be greatly reduced by hand-rearing of newborn cubs, whosemother animals are unable to feed them. This is of tremendous significance to thepopulation breeding and the species conservation.Over the pa...

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Published in中国科学通报：英文版 no. 6; pp. 514 - 519
Main Author 刘维新 刘农林 张和民 邱贤猛 张贵铨
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.1994
Subjects
Ailuropoda
giant
hand-rearing
immanoglobulin
melanoieuca
panda
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ISSN1001-6538
1861-9541

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Summary:The mortality of captive newborn giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is ashigh as 71.3%, but it can be greatly reduced by hand-rearing of newborn cubs, whosemother animals are unable to feed them. This is of tremendous significance to thepopulation breeding and the species conservation.Over the past ten years, many newborn cubs that did not receive any milk fromthe mother animals were hand-reared both at home and abroad, but they all diedin the early stage due to medical treatment failure.
Bibliography:LIU Wei-Xin LIU Nong-Lin(Beijing Zoo, Beijing 100044, PRC)ZHANG He-Min QIU Xian-Mengand ZHANG Gui-Quan(China Study Centre for Protection of Giant Panda, Wolong)
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ISSN:1001-6538
1861-9541