Variation of body weight in all age groups of captive giant pandas(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

ZHANG Mingchun; ZHOU Xiao; WU Honglin; QIU Jian; ZHANG Yi; HUANG Shan

doi:10.16829/j.slxb.150491

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2021 , Vol. 41 >Issue 4: 468 - 475

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Variation of body weight in all age groups of captive giant pandas(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

ZHANG Mingchun ,
ZHOU Xiao ,
WU Honglin ,
QIU Jian ,
ZHANG Yi ,
HUANG Shan

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1 China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda(CCRCGP), Dujiangyan 611830, China;
2 State Conservation Centre for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Received date: 2020-10-19

Online published: 2024-05-21

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Body weight is a key indicator to assess developmental and healthy condition of captive animals.From 2017 to 2019, we weighed 219 pandas kept at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda(CCRCGP), Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China every 15 days(data collection began in 2013 only in Hetaoping Base of CCRCGP).We found that:(1) the newborn's body weight was(0.16±0.04) kg, and not significantly correlated with its mother's weight;the cub's body weight was(13.74±10.64) kg;sub-adult's body weight was(78.30±27.05) kg;adult's body weight was(112.25±12.04) kg;old-age's body weight was(100.75±15.79) kg.(2) Female newborn's body weight was similar to male's but lighter in all other four age periods(P<0.05).(3) Both female and male giant panda cubs fitted the growth curve of Power, female sub-adult fitted the growth curve of Cubic, and male sub-adult fitted the growth curve of S. Both female and male giant pandas exhibit a linear growth in the period of cub and sub-adult(P<0.05).(4) Body weight of adult giant pandas did not vary significantly in different years and seasons(P>0.05), but became lighter at later age.Especially, there was a dramatic decline for male giant pandas in the later old period(P<0.001).Our study completed the growth patterns of captive giant pandas during their whole life history and provided referential value for husbandry management in ex situ conservation.

Key words： Captive giant panda; Body weight; Growth curve; Male-female difference

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ZHANG Mingchun , ZHOU Xiao , WU Honglin , QIU Jian , ZHANG Yi , HUANG Shan . Variation of body weight in all age groups of captive giant pandas(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)[J]. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 2021 , 41(4) : 468 -475 . DOI: 10.16829/j.slxb.150491

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