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Daily Activity of European Bison in Zoological Gardens
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Neja, Wojciech Ozkaya, Serkan Jankowska, Małgorzata Sawa, Anna Szabowska, Jagoda |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Seven observations of European bison were made between April and July 2009 (from 6.00 to 18.00) at the Municipal Zoological Garden of the Sea Coast in Gdansk-Oliwa (8 animals) and at the Polish Fauna Garden of Forest Culture and Leisure Park "Myślecinek" in Bydgoszcz (4 animals). During 12-hour observations, the European bison from zoological gar - dens spent 31% of their time feeding, 47% standing and moving, and 22% lying down (show - ing preference for left lateral recumbency), although no statistically significant effect of the animals' living environment (garden) was found. The age and sex of European bison had a sta - tistically significant effect on the amount of time spent performing basic activities. The longest standing and moving times were observed in calves, while males spent most of their time rest - ing-lying. In both zoological gardens, the increased feed intake activity was closely associated with feeding time, and the number of European bison resting lying was found to increase im - mediately after feed intake activity. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-625140ef-6af9-48fb-a249-80265cd8be98/c/5.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
