Experience of the forced fattening of Halichoerus grypus (Phocidae) pups in the biotechnical aqua complex of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Experience of the forced fattening of Halichoerus grypus (Phocidae) pups in the biotechnical aqua complex of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The most important stage of keeping seals in captivity conditions is training of pups which have finished breastfeeding to feed on solid food (fattening). On expedition in 2016 the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute (MMBI) staff captured five pups of the Atlantic gray seal (Halichoerus grypus gryp...

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Main Authors: Alexander A. Zaytsev, Sergey Yu. Stepanov, Pavel R. Makarevich, Dmitriy G. Ishkulov, Alexander R. Troshichev, Yuri V. Litvinov, Vladimir A. Mosalov, Sergey Yu. Skarednov, Victor A. Galchansky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas "Bear Land" 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука
Subjects:
aqua complex
captivity conditions
fattening
forced fattening
gray seal
pup
Online Access:http://ncr-journal.bear-land.org/article/147

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