Rabbit "狲 原 原" Plateau Artificial Breeding [Photos]

Xinhua News Agency, Xining, July 11th (Reporter Li Ning, Geng Huihuang) With round eyes, shaking the tail, jumping up and down the cat climbing rack for a while, shaking left and right next to the cat grip, located in Qinghai Province in Qinghai Province In the Xining Wild Zoo in Xining City, the rabbit's "Grandma" is very happy.

The picture shows the "Grand Mother" shot in the Wildlife Park on July 10. Xinhua News Agency reporter Geng Huihuang Photo

Through the glass, looking at the agile figure of "Grandma", Qi Xinzhang, deputy director of Xining Wild Zoo, raised his mouth, lamenting: "Can eat and sleep, can play and make trouble, the little guy is in good condition recently."

Qi Xinzhang introduced that in accordance with the usual criteria of the domestic zoo industry, it can be identified as the success of artificial breeding for 6 months after birth. The "big mother", which has been 14 months old, is the only existing artificial breeding rabbit in China.

It is understood that Rabbit is the only animal of the genus of Cat Family, and it is also a national second -level key protection wildlife. The plateau subseries that belong to the "big mother" are mainly living in the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas.

The picture shows the "Grand Mother" shot in the Wildlife Park on July 10. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ning

As the only zoo in China, which shows and shows the rabbits, before the birth of the "Grand Niang", there were 4 plateau rabbit rabbits in the Xining Wildlife Park.狲 ““ ““ ““ “” 狲 and "狲 Shangxiang". Since 2018, Xining Wildlife Park has opened the artificial breeding of rabbits in the garden.

Due to weakness and illness and low survival rate, the labor breeding of rabbits has long plagued experts at home and abroad for a long time. Qi Xinzhang introduced that the rabbit's autoimmune system is not sound and has poor resistance. It is easy to threaten the life of rabbit 狲 for bow -shaped worm diseases that are not harmful to general cats. "The rabbit is small, and the stress response is obvious. After being frightened, you may go on a hunger strike or even die." Qi Xinzhang said.

At the beginning of March 2021, after observing the mating behavior of "Si Si" and "狲 狲 香", the rabbit's artificial breeding team in the zoo quickly acted quickly to cooperate with the Animal Medical College of China Agricultural University to carefully take care of "狲 狲 20 20 20 20 fragrant".

Qi Xinzhang introduced that the wooden nest box and the monitoring of the setting up in advance were sent in handy at this time. In order to make the "Shangshangxiang" be at ease, the staff specially set up a barrack to provide a dark environment for it. Drugs that prevent Toxoplasma disease are added to food, and rabbits are prevented from being affected by Toxoplasma disease.

At noon on May 7, 2021, the staff found through monitoring that "狲 Shangxiang" gave birth to three living cubs within 5 hours, and the gender was one male and two female. "We name them" 狲 娘 "'狲 狲“' and '狲 狲 娘'. "Qi Xinzhang said.

The picture shows the staff of the two -month -old rabbit in the Wild Zoo of Xining on July 11, 2021. (Picture Conferring in Xining Wild Zoo)

At the time of the three cubs, in order to increase the survival rate, the staff carried out artificial education to ensure nutritional supply, inoculation of cat plague vaccines, and smearing insect repellent drugs ...

Qi Xinzhang introduced that with the age of rabbits, the mother source antibodies disappeared, free activities increased, frequent exposure to the outside world, and the threats of various germs gradually increased. "When 3 months old, three young children had diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms. In the end, only the strongest '狲 狲 娘" survived. "Qi Xinzhang regretted.

The picture shows the "Grand Mother" shot in the Wildlife Park on July 10. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ning

"Only understanding will care, only if you care, you will act, and you can only have hope." In the future, Qi Xinzhang hopes that through artificial breeding, the number of unique wild animals such as rabbits, snow leopards, and desert cats increase It is also hoped that through the exchanges and cooperation with other zoo, these rare wild animals can be seen in the zoo at the door of the house. "I hope that more people can pay attention to, care, and care for these wild animals on the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau." Qi Xinzhang said.

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