scholarly journals The Role of Mate Preference and Personality on Reproductive Performance in an Ex-Situ Conservation Breeding Program for the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Martin
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Mate Preference ◽  
Breeding Program ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca ◽  
Conservation Breeding

scholarly journals Effects of Different Nursing Methods on the Behavioral Response of Adult Captive Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda Melanoleuca)

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 626
Author(s):  
Ming-Yue Zhang ◽  
Xiao-Hui Zhang ◽  
James Ayala ◽  
Rong Hou
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Ex Situ Conservation ◽  
Breeding Program ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca ◽  
Giant Pandas ◽  
Conservation Breeding

Although the ex situ conservation breeding program has basically created self-sustaining populations and genetic diversity in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) [...]

The Role of Reproductive Technologies in Amphibian Conservation Breeding Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 499-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimee J. Silla ◽  
Phillip G. Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Amphibian Conservation ◽  
Genetic Management ◽  
Species Extinction ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Conservation Breeding

Anthropogenic environmental change has led to unprecedented rates of species extinction, presenting a major threat to global biodiversity. Among vertebrates, amphibians have been most severely impacted, with an estimated 41% of species now threatened with extinction. In response to this biodiversity crisis, a moral and ethical obligation exists to implement proactive interventionist conservation actions to assist species recovery and decelerate declines. Conservation breeding programs have been successfully established for several threatened amphibian species globally, aiming to prevent species’ extinction by maintaining genetically representative assurance colonies ex situ while providing individuals for population augmentation, translocation, and reestablishment in situ. Reproductive technologies have enormous potential to enhance the propagation and genetic management of threatened species. In this review, we discuss the role of reproductive technologies in amphibian conservation breeding programs and summarize technological advancements in amphibian hormone therapies, gamete storage, and artificial fertilization.

scholarly journals Vocal discrimination of potential mates by female giant pandas ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca )

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 597-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. Charlton ◽  
Yan Huang ◽  
Ronald R. Swaisgood
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
Amplitude Modulation ◽  
Functional Role ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca ◽  
Giant Pandas ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Vocal Discrimination

In the current study, we used male giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) bleats in a habituation–discrimination paradigm to determine whether females discriminate between the vocalizations of different males. We found that females habituated to the bleats of a specific male showed a significant dishabituation when they were presented with bleats from a novel male. Further playbacks, in which we standardized the mean fundamental frequency (pitch) and amplitude modulation of male bleats, indicated that amplitude modulation is the key feature that females attend to when discriminating between male callers. Our results show that female giant pandas can discriminate between the vocalizations of potential mates and provide a platform for further studies investigating the functional role of caller identity in giant panda sexual communication.

The Nagoya Protocol and the Role of Research Resource Centers as Ex-situ Conservation Institutes

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-69
Author(s):  
Hyeyeon Im ◽  
Minkyung Jung ◽  
Kyungsook Ahn ◽  
Ki Hyun Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Ex Situ Conservation ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Nagoya Protocol

A study of factors which influence the job satisfaction of stockpeople on commercial pig farms

1990 ◽  
Vol 1990 ◽  
pp. 95-95
Author(s):  
R C Segundo ◽  
P R English ◽  
G Burgess ◽  
S A Edwards ◽  
O MacPherson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Pig Farms ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Farm Livestock

The role of stockmanship in relation to the wellbeing of farm animals has been emphasised in the UK Codes of Recommendations for the Welfare of Farm Livestock (MAFF, 1983). Moreover, previous research work has demonstrated important effects of good and bad stockmanship not only on welfare but also on growth, lactational and reproductive performance of pigs and other farm livestock (Hemsworth et al, 1987). There is a need, therefore, to establish the factors which motivate and demotivate stockpeople since the degree of job satisfaction is likely to have a considerable influence on the attitude and performance of stockpeople and on their empathy with the animals in their care. With this objective in mind, a questionnaire was designed to investigate the aspects which could have an influence on the job satisfaction of the stockpeople involved in pig production.

Immobilization of wild giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) with dexmedetomidine–tiletamine–zolazepam

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yipeng Jin ◽  
Yanchao Qiao ◽  
Xiaobin Liu ◽  
Tianchun Pu ◽  
Hongqian Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca

scholarly journals Monitoring ovarian function and pregnancy in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) by evaluating urinary bioactive FSH and steroid metabolites

Reproduction ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Monfort ◽  
K. D. Dahl ◽  
N. M. Czekala ◽  
L. Stevens ◽  
M. Bush ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Ovarian Function ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca
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