关键词: 幼龄华南虎, 母虎哺乳, 人工哺育, 综合哺育

Abstract: In this study,9 tiger cubs,born to two tigresses from the Guangzhou Zoo and the Shaoguan South China Tiger domestication and breeding research base,were fed using three methods:breast-feeding,artificial feeding,and comprehensive feeding respectively. Three feeding methods were compared through measuring the daily average increased body weight of these cubs. The results showed that 5 cubs that were fed by artificial feeding and comprehensive feeding were all survive, the survival rate was 100% ,and their daily average weight gain was higher than that of breast-feeding. Two of four cubs which were fed by breast-feeding were alive,only half of breast-feeding cubs survived.

Key words: Artificial feeding, Breast-feeding, Comprehensive feeding, South China Tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis)