Study on morphologic and reproductive characteristics of Iranian gazelles.
2013
Ahmadi Moshgenani, Fatemeh | Mosharaf, Shahabedin | Hemami, Mohammad Reza
In initial phase of this study two pen with dimensions 664أ40أ meter were constructed. All legal permissions were gotten from Iran department of environment and conservation for getting live gazelles from nature environment. On the whole 10 head of gazelles transfer to this project. In this study twenty three characters of body measured with cloth meter and weight of gazelles registered. twenty three external measured charactersstatistically analyzed and each of the characters average, standard deviation and coefficient of variability were calculated.Wither highfor adult gazelles was calculated 61-70, so Pin high 62-75, Back 34-54, Head length 17-19.5, Forehead width 5-6.5 and Neck length 20-31. Reproduction behavior was considered. Pregnancy duration was measured between the time of copulation and childbirth. The age of maturity was determined between the give birth and first copulation. Calf of Jebeer and Iranian gazelle matures after 7-months. Pregnancy duration of Iranian gazelle was determined 158 2.3 days and 164.7 4.27 days for Jebeer. Between of 26 pregnancies in two species occurred 11 twins and 15 single births happened among 26 pregnancies. The rate of twin born was 42.3 percent. Gazelle`s diseases were diagnosed as far as possible in this study. Key words: Iranian gazelle, Jebeer, Behavior, morphologic character, reproduction
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