Giant pandas : biology, veterinary medicine and management PDF
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Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management ‘‘Thegiantpandaisoneoftheworld’smostrecognizedanimals,butmost biologyofthisthreatenedspecieshasbeenamystery. Forexample,the femalegiantpandaissexuallyreceptiveforonly2to3daysonceperyear and,ifpregnant,canproducetwins,oneofwhichinevitablydies. With Chinaundergoingunprecedentedchangesatarapidandaccelerating rate,cansuchahighlyspecializedspeciessurvive? Giantpandasliving inzoosareafavoriteofthepublic,butmoreimportantlyareanimportant sourceofnewbiologicalinformationthatcanbeappliedtounderstand- ingandprotectingthespeciesinnature. Thisbookisthefirstofitskindto summarizethepresentstate-of-knowledgeaboutgiantpandabiologyon thetopicsofreproduction,behavior,nutrition,geneticsanddisease. It alsooffersthelatestadvancesinneonatalcare,preventativemedicine,the useofassistedbreedingandrecentprogressinpopulationbiologytogen- eticallymanagetheworldwide‘insurance’populationofgiantpandas livinginzoosandbreedingcenters.Theexcitingresultisagrowingpopu- lationofgiantpandasincaptivitythat,inturn,isallowinganimalloansto zoosthatproducefundingtoconservethespeciesinnature,including habitatprotection.Thisbookisanexampleofhowzoos,throughscience andawareness,contributetothescientificunderstandingandprotection ofoneoftheplanet’smostbelovedanimals,thegiantpanda.’’ DAVIDE.WILDT isSeniorScientistandHeadoftheDepartmentof ReproductiveSciencesattheSmithsonian’sNationalZoologicalPark. ANJUZHANG istheformerDirectoroftheGiantPandaTechnical CommitteeinChengdu,ChinaundertheauspicesoftheChinese AssociationofZoologicalGardens. HEMINZHANG isDirectoroftheWolongNatureReserveinSichuan Province,China.BothAnjuZhangandHeminZhangareamongChina’s leadingauthoritiesongiantpandareproductionandhealth. DONALDL.JANSSEN isDirectorofVeterinaryServicesattheZoological SocietyofSanDiego. SUSIEELLIS istheformerSeniorProgramOfficeroftheIUCNSpecies SurvivalCommission’sConservationBreedingSpecialistGroup.She nowisVicePresidentofConservationInternational’sIndonesiaand PhilippinesProgram. Giant Pandas Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management Edited by david e. wildt SeniorScientistandHeadofthe DepartmentofReproductive SciencesattheSmithsonian’s NationalZoologicalPark anju zhang theFormerDirectoroftheGiant PandaTechnicalCommitteein Chengdu,Chinaunderthe auspicesoftheChinese AssociationofZoologicalGardens hemin zhang DirectorofWolongNature ReserveinSichuanProvince, China.BothAnjuZhangand HeminZhangareamongChina’s leadingauthoritiesongiant pandareproductionandhealth donald l. janssen DirectorofVeterinaryServicesat theZoologicalSocietyof SanDiego susie ellis FormerSeniorProgramOfficerof theIUCNSpeciesSurvival Commission’sConservation BreedingSpecialistGroup.She nowisVicePresidentof ConservationInternational’s IndonesiaandPhilippines Program CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB28RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521832953 © Cambridge University Press 2006 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2006 ISBN-13 978-0-511-24240-3 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-10 0-511-24240-9 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-13 978-0-521-83295-3 hardback ISBN-10 0-521-83295-0 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Contents Listofcontributors page ix Foreword xix Acknowledgements xxii 1 Thegiantpandaasasocial,biologicalandconservation phenomenon 1 susie ellis, wenshi pan, zhong xie, david e. wildt 2 TheGiantPandaBiomedicalSurvey:howitbeganand thevalueofpeopleworkingtogetheracrosscultures anddisciplines 17 david e. wildt, anju zhang, hemin zhang, zhong xie, donald l. janssen, susie ellis 3 Factorslimitingreproductivesuccessinthegiant pandaasrevealedbyaBiomedicalSurvey 37 susie ellis, donald l. janssen, mark s. edwards, jogayle howard, guangxin he, jianqiu yu, guiquan zhang, rongping wei, r. eric miller, david e. wildt 4 Significantmedicalissuesandbiologicalreferencevalues forgiantpandasfromtheBiomedicalSurvey 59 donald l. janssen, mark s. edwards, meg sutherland-smith, jianqiu yu, desheng li, guiquan zhang, rongping wei, cheng lin zhang, v vi Contents r. eric miller, lyndsay g. phillips, daming hu, chunxiang tang 5 Lifehistoriesandbehaviouraltraitsaspredictorsof breedingstatus 87 susie ellis, rebecca j. snyder, guiquan zhang, rongping wei, wei zhong, mabel lam, robert sims 6 Nutritionanddietaryhusbandry 101 mark s. edwards, guiquan zhang, rongping wei, xuanzhen liu 7 Malereproductivebiologyingiantpandasinbreeding programmesinChina 159 jogayle howard, zhihe zhang, desheng li, yan huang, rong hou, guanghan li, meijia zhang, zhiyong ye, jinguo zhang, shiqiang huang, rebecca spindler, hemin zhang, david e. wildt 8 Endocrinologyofthegiantpandaandapplicationof hormonetechnologytospeciesmanagement 198 karen j. steinman, steven l. monfort, laura mcgeehan, david c. kersey, fernando gual-sil, rebecca j. snyder, pengyan wang, tatsuko nakao, nancy m. czekala 9 Thevalueandsignificanceofvaginalcytology 231 barbara s. durrant, mary ann olson, autumn anderson, fernando gual-sil, desheng li, yan huang 10 Parentageassessmentamongcaptivegiantpandas inChina 245 victor a. david, shan sun, zhihe zhang, fujun shen, guiquan zhang, hemin zhang, zhong xie, ya-ping zhang, oliver a. ryder, susie ellis, david e. wildt, anju zhang, stephen j. o’brien Contents vii 11 Thescienceofbehaviouralmanagement:creating biologicallyrelevantlivingenvironmentsincaptivity 274 ronald r. swaisgood, guiquan zhang, xiaoping zhou, hemin zhang 12 Evaluatingstressandwell-beinginthegiantpanda: asystemformonitoring 299 ronald r. swaisgood, megan a. owen, nancy m. czekala, nathalie mauroo, kathy hawk, jason c. l. tang 13 Theneonatalgiantpanda:hand-rearingandmedical management 315 mark s. edwards, rongping wei, janet hawes, meg sutherland-smith, chunxiang tang, desheng li, daming hu, guiquan zhang 14 Consequencesofearlyrearingonsocialisationand socialcompetenceofthegiantpanda 334 rebecca j. snyder, mollie a. bloomsmith, anju zhang, zhihe zhang, terry l. maple 15 Medicalmanagementofcaptiveadultandgeriatric giantpandas 353 donald l. janssen, patrick morris, meg sutherland-smith, mark greenberg, desheng li, daming hu, nathalie mauroo, lucy spelman 16 Diseasesandpathologyofgiantpandas 377 i. kati loeffler, richard j. montali, bruce a. rideout 17 Ultrasonographytoassessandenhancehealthand reproductioninthegiantpanda 410 thomas b. hildebrandt, janine l. brown, frank go¨ritz, andreas ochs, patrick morris, meg sutherland-smith 18 Gastrointestinalendoscopyinthegiantpanda 440 autumn p. davidson, tomas w. baker, chengdong wang, rong hou, li lou viii Contents 19 Historicalperspectiveofbreedinggiantpandasexsitu inChinaandhighprioritiesforthefuture 455 zhihe zhang, anju zhang, rong hou, jishan wang, guanghan li, lisong fei, qiang wang, i. kati loeffler, david e. wildt, terry l. maple, rita mcmanamon, susie ellis 20 Roleandefficiencyofartificialinseminationand genomeresourcebanking 469 jogayle howard, yan huang, pengyan wang, desheng li, guiquan zhang, rong hou, zhihe zhang, barbara s. durrant, rebecca e. spindler, hemin zhang, anju zhang, david e. wildt 21 Analysisofdemographicandgenetictrendsfor developingacaptivebreedingmasterplanforthe giantpanda 495 jonathan d. ballou, phillip s. miller, zhong xie, rongping wei, hemin zhang, anju zhang, shiqiang huang, shan sun, victor a. david, stephen j. o’brien, kathy traylor-holzer, ulysses s. seal, david e. wildt 22 Partnershipsandcapacitybuildingforsecuringgiant pandasexsituandinsitu:howzoosarecontributing toconservation 520 david e. wildt, xiaoping lu, mabel lam, zhihe zhang, susie ellis Index 541 Theplatesaresituatedbetweenpages563and586 Contributors AutumnAnderson ConservationandResearchforEndangeredSpecies,Zoological SocietyofSanDiego,15600SanPasqualValleyRoad,Escondido, CA92027,USA TomasW.Baker DepartmentofSurgicalandRadiologicalSciences,Schoolof VeterinaryMedicine,VeterinaryMedicalTeachingHospital/Small AnimalClinic,1ShieldsAvenue,UniversityofCalifornia,Davis, CA95616,USA JonathanD.Ballou NationalZoologicalPark,SmithsonianInstitution,3001 ConnecticutAvenueN.W.,Washington,DC20008,USA MollieA.Bloomsmith ZooAtlanta,800CherokeeAvenueS.E.,Atlanta,GA30315,USA JanineL.Brown NationalZoologicalPark,Conservation&ResearchCenter, SmithsonianInstitution,1500RemountRoad,FrontRoyal,VA 22630,USA NancyM.Czekala ConservationandResearchforEndangeredSpecies,Zoological SocietyofSanDiego,15600SanPasqualValleyRoad,Escondido, CA92027,USA ix
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