A debilitating digestive condition in captive red panda Ailurus fulgens with animal welfare implications for the global population
Investigations into the possible cause of a recurring, debilitating digestive condition in a male red panda Ailurus fulgens held at Perth Zoo, and a subsequent global survey in 2012 of 76 institutions managing the species, indicate that similar signs are widespread amongst the global zoo population of red pandas. Neither medication nor dietary interventions appear […]
Influences of mating groups on the reproductive success of the Southern Sichuan Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens styani)
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.20034.abs The reproduction of female red pandas under three different husbandry conditions (monogamy, polygamy, and polyandry) was studied at the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding, and Chengdu Zoological Park, China. We monitored the fecal steroid profiles of seven females by radioimmunoassay in order to understand how the different mating groupings affect the […]