The mortality of captive newborn giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is ashigh as 71.3%, but it can be greatly reduced by hand-rearing of newborn cubs, whosemother animals are unable to feed them. This is of tremend...The mortality of captive newborn giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is ashigh as 71.3%, but it can be greatly reduced by hand-rearing of newborn cubs, whosemother animals are unable to feed them. This is of tremendous significance to thepopulation breeding and the species conservation.Over the past ten years, many newborn cubs that did not receive any milk fromthe mother animals were hand-reared both at home and abroad, but they all diedin the early stage due to medical treatment failure.展开更多
文摘The mortality of captive newborn giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is ashigh as 71.3%, but it can be greatly reduced by hand-rearing of newborn cubs, whosemother animals are unable to feed them. This is of tremendous significance to thepopulation breeding and the species conservation.Over the past ten years, many newborn cubs that did not receive any milk fromthe mother animals were hand-reared both at home and abroad, but they all diedin the early stage due to medical treatment failure.
