Preliminary findings of behavioral patterns in captive alpine musk deer (Moschus sifanicus) and prospects for future conservation
Preliminary findings of behavioral patterns in captive alpine musk deer (Moschus sifanicus) and prospects for future conservation
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圈养高山麝（Moschus sifanicus）行为模式的初步发现及未来保护前景
DOI：
10.3906/vet-0707-26
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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0.6
通讯作者：
Perkins, Genevieve C.
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作者：
Meng, Xiuxiang;Yang, Hong;Perkins, Genevieve C.
自20世纪50年代中期以来，中国的人工饲养高山麝香(Moschus Sifan Icus)一直被用于保护和收获麝香。尽管有很长的历史，但由于缺乏关于这种脆弱物种的行为和生态信息，管理做法和圈养繁殖一直主要基于试错。了解行为模式对于确定合适的管理制度至关重要；因此，本研究的目的是通过比较野生捕获的和圈养出生的高山香鹿来确定圈养对高山香鹿行为模式的影响。2002年8月至2003年1月，在甘肃省兴隆山国家级自然保护区兴隆山马鹿养殖场，记录了30只野生捕获(WC)和15只人工饲养(CB)成年高山马鹿的行为模式。采用焦点抽样法观察12种行为类型的出现频率。结果表明，马鹿和马鹿的行为模式是相似的，但当考虑到性别时，雄性马鹿表现出显著更高的激动性相互作用。这些初步结果表明，尽管圈养了10代，但圈养对圈养高山麝香的行为模式没有直接影响。因此，高山麝不宜驯化，应进一步研究养麝取麝香的效果。
Captive farming of alpine musk deer (Moschus sifanicus) in China has been used for conservation and harvesting of musk since the mid 1950s. Despite this long history, management practices and captive breeding have been primarily based on trial and error due to lack of behavioral and ecological information about this vulnerable species. Understanding behavioral patterns plays a vital part in determining appropriate management systems; hence the aim of this study was to determine the effect of captivity on behavioral patterns of alpine musk deer by comparing wild-caught and the captive-born alpine musk deer. From August 2002 to January 2003, the behavioral patterns of 30 wild-caught (WC) and 15 captive-bred (CB) adult alpine musk deer were recorded at Xinglongshan Musk Deer Farm (XMDF), located in Xinglongshan National Nature Reserve, Gansu province, China. Focal sampling was used to observe the frequencies of 12 behavior categories. The behavioral patterns of WC and CB musk deer were found to be similar; however, when gender was considered, male WC deer showed a significantly high er frequency of agonistic interaction. These preliminary results suggest that captivity has had no immediate impact on the behavioral patterns of captive alpine musk deer despite 10 generations of captivity. Therefore, the alpine musk deer is not suited for domestication and further investigation into the effectiveness of musk deer farming for the purpose of harvesting musk should be undertaken.