Diet enrichment and the reproductive season of captive Sunda Porcupine (Hystrix javanica F. Cuvier 1823)
| Autor: | Nurul Inayah, Fajrin Shidiq, Herjuno Ari Nugroho, R. Lia Rahadian Amalia, Andri Permata Sari, Wartika Rosa Farida, Tri Handayani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Litter (animal) Environmental Engineering lcsh:QR1-502 Zoology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering lcsh:Microbiology lcsh:Physiology Birth rate 03 medical and health sciences biology.animal Reproductive biology lcsh:Zoology lcsh:QL1-991 Sperm motility 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences biology Courtship display lcsh:QP1-981 food and beverages biology.organism_classification Sperm Hystrix javanica Porcupine |
| Zdroj: | BIO Web of Conferences, Vol 19, p 00011 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2117-4458 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to extend our current knowledge of Sunda porcupine reproductive biology with emphasis on environmental enrichment and the reproductive season. Tomato and bean sprout feeding able to increase sperm quantity, sperm motility, and viability, as well as increase FSH and estrogen hormone levels. Four pairs of captive Sunda porcupine were used. Two pairs (fed with fresh tomato and bean sprout, enrichment group) and two pairs as control. The birth rate of enrichment group higher (with twin litter per year) than that in control (only one litter per year). It indicated that tomato and bean sprout feeding affect the birth rate in Sunda porcupine. The recent study showed that captive Sunda porcupine births occurred throughout the year, with no more than 1-2 litter per year and are have no interbirth-interval. The birth peak of captive Sunda porcupine occurs between April to August. Biparental activities during birth occurred. However, the female spent 50% of the time with the newborn. There was no courtship behaviour throughout the first two or three months of life of the cub. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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