A case of adoption and allonursing in captive plains zebra (Equus burchellii)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027014%3A_____%2F11%3A%230001391" target="_blank" >RIV/00027014:_____/11:#0001391 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.vuzv.cz/sites/File/_privat/11026.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.vuzv.cz/sites/File/_privat/11026.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2010.06.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.mambio.2010.06.007</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A case of adoption and allonursing in captive plains zebra (Equus burchellii)
Original language description
Although allonursing (allowing non-filial offspring to suckle) can be a costly behaviour, it has been reported for many mammals including ungulate species. However, such behaviour is very rare in equids. This is the first report on adoption and allonursing in captive plains zebra (Equus burchellii), recorded in the Dvůr Králové Zoo, Czech Republic. We observed a case of adoption of an orphaned foal by a lactating mare, who then regularly nursed two foals (filial and non-filial). The allonursing mare rejected more suckling attempts, terminated suckling bouts more often, and had a shorter suckling bout duration than other mares. When nursing both foals at the same time, the suckling bout lasted for less time than when nursing a single foal, regardless ofwhether it was filial or non-filial. The allonursing mare apparently did not discriminate between the filial and non-filial foal.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GP523%2F08%2FP313" target="_blank" >GP523/08/P313: Intraspecific and interspecific characteristics of suckling behaviour in captive equids</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Behavioural Processes
ISSN
0376-6357
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
86
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
174-177
UT code for WoS article
000287984900002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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