The Weight of Rothschild Giraffe—Is It Really Well Known?

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F16%3A73125" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/16:73125 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21308" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21308</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21308" target="_blank" >10.1002/zoo.21308</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Weight of Rothschild Giraffe—Is It Really Well Known?
Original language description
Despite being regularly bred in zoos, giraffes remain a challenge, especially in terms of feeding. Assessment of factors influencing growth and weight changes during ontogeny, as well as analysis of weight fluctuations in adult individuals, may become a critical point in captive diet evaluation. Knowledge about weight is a crucial husbandry tool, however, such data are rarely acquired. Using a unique dataset from regularly weighed Rothschild giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) from Prague zoo, we determined the growth functions of male and female giraffes and calculated weight gains during giraffe ontogeny. The mean weights of adult males and females were 1307 and 835 kg, respectively confirming the large overall dimensions of G. c. rothschildi in comparison with other giraffe subspecies. As the giraffe is a polygynous species showing considerable sexual dimorphism, we expected male calves to have larger first weights and faster growth during the most intensive period of maternal care. Grow
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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