History And Dietary Husbandry Of Pangolins In Captivity

The objective of this study was to establish a history of feeding and dietary husbandry of pangolin in captivity.

History and dietary husbandry of pangolins in captivity. Over the past 150 years of historic record keep in g many zoos have ma in ta in ed pangol in s for brief periods of time. 1 zoo biology 26. The objective of this study was to establish a history of feeding and dietary husbandry of pangolin in captivity. Most of these zoos have not succeeded in maintaining these animals for long periods associated largely with dietary problems.

Over the past 150 years several zoos have attempted to maintain pangolins manis. Pangolins are difficult to maintain in captivity stress and malnutrition are the major cause of death of captive pangolins pattnaik 2008 mortality rate of indian pangolins is 67 within one year in captivity lal mohan 1997. Dierenfeld 5 1 taipei zoo taipei taiwan 2 department of bio industrial mechatronics engineering national taiwan university taipei taiwan 3 department of animal. Chin 1 and ellen s.

Nevertheless it is clear thatthe diet given to the pangolins in captivity can still be improved and is the topic ofcurrent investigation yang et al 2007 conclusions1. The objective of this study was to establish a history of feeding and dietary husbandry of pangolin in captivity. Diet was widely supposed to be the biggest problem with keeping pangolins healthy and alive in captivity so that was the first problem that justin miller founder of pangolin conservation set. Over the past 150 years several zoos have attempted to maintain pangolins manis spp.

Over the past 150 years several zoos have attempted to maintain pangolins manis spp. Javanica in captivity 5 chapter 3 housing requirements 6. 2 4 wild diet and behaviour in the wild 4 2 5 longevity 5 2 5 1 longevity in the wild 5 2 5 2 longevity in captivity 5 table 2 3. As such close monitoring and management of the thermal environment is important in maintaining a healthy population of pangolins with the onset of respiratory disease including pneumonia commonly attributed to a rapid drop in the environmental temperature chin and tsao 2015 mohapatra and.

Longevity of sunda pangolin m. Over the past 150 years several zoos have attempted to maintain pangolins manis spp most of these zoos have not succeeded in maintaining these animals for long periods associated largely with dietary problems. 2007 technical review history and dietary husbandry of pangolins in captivity ci wen yang 1 2 suming chen 2 chi yen chang 3 mei fong lin 3 erik block 4 ronald lorentsen 4 jason s c. Management of indian pangolin in captivity was first reported in 1892 sanyal 1892 but knowledge of how best to do so is still lacking.

Most of these zoos have not succeeded in maintaining these animals for long periods associated largely with dietary problems.