Preference Test on Feed and Nutrient Intakes in Male and Female Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus Javanicus) in Captivity

Darlis,; Abdullah, Norhani; Liang, J. B.; Jalaludin, S.; Ho, Yin Wan

doi:10.5713/ajas.1999.1292

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“…The diet consisted of 95% freshly prepared pellets (0.3 cm diameter and 0.5 cm long) and 5% kangkong (Ipomoea aquatica) on dry matter basis according to Darlis et al (1999). Pellets were composed of soy bean meal (35%), corn meal (47%), wheat flour (17.8%) and vitamin-mineral premix (0.2%).…”

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Energy requirement for maintenance of growing and adult male lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) in captivity

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a b s t r a c tA study was conducted to determine the energy requirement for maintenance of eight lesser mouse deer, consisting of four growing males (6-8 months of age) with average body weight of 1.4 ± 0.2 kg and four adult males (>2 years of age) with average body weight of 1.6 ± 0.2 kg. The animals were from the colony reared at the Department of Animal Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The experiment was based on a 2 × 4 factorial arrangement in Latin-Square design. The animals were kept in single pens and fed with different levels of feed (70%, 80%, 90% and 100% of ad libitum intake). The feed was made up of 95% pellet and 5% 'kangkong' (Ipomoea aquatica) leaves. The energy requirement for maintenance was determined by using the regression equations between metabolisable energy intake and energy retention or body weight change. Energy retention was calculated as the difference between metabolisable energy intake and heat production. The results showed that the metabolisable energy requirements for maintenance when calculated based on energy retention were 420.1 and 422.9 kJ kg −0.75 d −1 for growing and adult mouse deer, respectively, and when calculated based on weight change the values were 435.1 and 436.9 kJ kg −0.75 d −1 , respectively. The efficiency of utilization of metabolisable energy for maintenance (k m ) for growing mouse deer was 0.58 and that for adult mouse deer was 0.54.

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Energy requirement for maintenance of growing and adult male lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) in captivity

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“…Mouse deer prefer leafy vegetables like kangkong (Ipomoea aquatic) and tubers like carrot (Daucus carota) and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and was never shown to consume fresh grass Darlis et al 1999). Likewise, it has been established by various researchers that increase of fiber in the diet results in reduction of nutrient intake in goats and cattle (Bhatti et al 2008;Cantalapiedra-Hijar et al 2009;Zhao et al 2011).…”

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“…They have a relatively small rumen and vestigial omasum, which can become impacted readily with poor quality diet (Cheeke 1991). In captivity, the lesser mouse deer has been maintained on various feed ingredients, mainly leafy vegetables and starchy feeds including kangkong (Ipomoea reptans) and lundai leves (Sapium baccatum), chopped sweet potato, carrot, long beans and French beans (Nolan et al 1995;Darlis et al 1999). Previous study had shown that heat production of mouse deer was influenced by factors like activities (eating, standing and sitting) and sex of the animals (Darlis et al 2001).…”

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Effects of diets of differing fiber contents on digestibility, passage rate of digesta and heat production in lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus)

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a b s t r a c tThe effects of different levels of dietary fiber on feed intake, digestibility, mean retention times of solute and particle and heat production were studied in twelve male lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus). The animals were randomly assigned into four groups of three mouse deer each and fed on individual basis. Four diets, namely A, B, C and D were prepared in pellet forms. Each diet contained ∼14% crude protein and ∼18 kJ/g gross energy. The crude fiber contents of diet A, B, C and D were 4.2, 11.3, 16.8 and 22.5%, respectively. The results showed that the crude fiber intake of mouse deer was 1.4 ± 0.04, 3.8 ± 0.4, 5.8 ± 0.7 and 6.0 ± 0.6 g/kg W 0.75 /d fed diet A, B, C and D, respectively. Mouse deer fed diet D had significantly lower DM intake than those fed lower levels of fiber. The digestibility values of DM decreased gradually with increasing levels of fiber in the diet. The mean retention times (MRTs) of particles (∼1.5 mm) in the reticulorumen were in the range of (19.0-22.9 h), with the shortest time for mouse deer fed diet D. However mouse deer fed diet C and D showed significant shorter solute MRT in the reticulorumen (17.1-18.5 h) when compared to mouse deer fed lower fiber diets (21.4-21.9 h). The selectivity factor in the reticulorumen was in the range of 1.04-1.18, indicating the mouse deer to be a 'moose-type' ruminant. Fiber levels had no significant effect on water intake of mouse deer. Heat production tended to decrease with increasing levels of fiber (448.3-435.7 kJ/kg W 0.75 /d) but differences among the mouse deer fed the four diets were not significant.

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Energy expenditure in relation to activity of lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus)

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Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular &

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Preference Test on Feed and Nutrient Intakes in Male and Female Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus Javanicus) in Captivity

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Energy requirement for maintenance of growing and adult male lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) in captivity

Energy requirement for maintenance of growing and adult male lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) in captivity

Effects of diets of differing fiber contents on digestibility, passage rate of digesta and heat production in lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus)

Energy expenditure in relation to activity of lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus)

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