TY  - JOUR
T1  - Impacts of Gender and Age on Behavioral Frequencies of Captive Musk Deer During Lactation
AU - Ma, Guang AU - Gong, Baocao AU - Meng, Xiuxiang 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 10
IS  - 10
SP  - 1265
EP  - 1268
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2011.1265.1268
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.1265.1268
KW  - Alpine musk deer (Moschus sifanicus)
KW  -behavioral frequency
KW  -lactation season
KW  -gender
KW  -age-class
KW  -China
AB  - Behavioral patterns of captive alpine musk deer were studied at Xinglongshan Musk Deer Farm (XMDF) in northwest China. Throughout the lactation season (August-October 2003), 13 behaviors categories were recorded for 30 female and 24 male alpine musk deer (<I>Moschus sifanicus</I>) to explore effects of gender and age-classes. Females had a higher frequency of resting, feeding, ruminating and affinitive behaviors than males, potentially due to the increased energy demands and influences of newborn fawns during lactation. Among females there was no effect of age-class on the behavioral patterns whereas, adult males displayed more frequent tail-pasting behavior and agonistic interaction than sub-adult males. The potential causative mechanisms for the behavioral differences were discussed.
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