Preliminary Comparation of Three Feeding Methods for South China Tiger (panthera Tigris Amoyensis ) Cubs

27 Mar Preliminary Comparation of Three Feeding Methods for South China Tiger (panthera Tigris Amoyensis ) Cubs

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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.