在AZA机构中管理雄性大象:目前的情况和未来的优先事项
Chase A LaDue1, Maura Davis2, Rachel Emory1
1Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Zoo biology
|May 3, 2024
概括
在动物园管理雄性大象对于可持续性至关重要. 虽然社会化是优先考虑的,但管理和精液收集方面的挑战会影响亚洲和非洲大象的繁殖成功.
科学领域:
- 保护科学 保护科学
- 动物园管理是动物管理.
- 动物繁殖动物的繁殖
背景情况:
- 亚洲大象 (Elephas maximus) 和非洲大象 (Loxodonta africana) 的现场管理面临着可持续性挑战.
- 有效的雄性大象管理是提高动物福利和在认可设施中的人口可持续性的关键优先事项.
研究的目的:
- 评估动物园和水族馆协会 (AZA) 设施内雄象管理的现状,挑战和优先事项.
- 关注的领域包括雄性大象的肌肉,社会化和精液收集.
主要方法:
- 在AZA认可的机构的象护理团队中分发了一份调查,这些机构为雄性大象提供住房.
- 在2022年11月至2023年2月期间,从34个机构收集了回复,占有成年雄象的设施的91.9%.
主要成果:
- 大多数设施优先考虑育种和社会化,而不是精液管理和精液收集,并将领导和人员配置视为至关重要.
- 常见的的行为包括食欲下降,训练困难,侵略性和对女性的兴趣增加,时间变化.
- 虽然大多数男性是社会化的,但兼容性和设施设计存在局限性. 精液采集具有挑战性,很少有男性可靠地提供可行的样本.
结论:
- 了解目前雄性大象管理的现状对于有针对性的研究和开发至关重要.
- 改善管理,社会化策略和辅助生殖技术是必要的,以提高大象的福祉和人口的可持续性.
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