EFFECT OF INBREEDING ON MORTALITY OF CAPTIVE TIGER

Sidharth Prasad Mishra; Chinmoy Mishra; Gangadhar Nayak; Priyanka Mishra; Niranjana Sahoo; Sarat Kumar Sahu

Exploratory Animal and Medical Research (Jun 2017)

EFFECT OF INBREEDING ON MORTALITY OF CAPTIVE TIGER

Sidharth Prasad Mishra,
Chinmoy Mishra,
Gangadhar Nayak,
Priyanka Mishra,
Niranjana Sahoo,
Sarat Kumar Sahu

Affiliations

Sidharth Prasad Mishra: PhD Scholar, Dept. of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, West Bengal, India.
Chinmoy Mishra: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha., India.
Gangadhar Nayak: Professor and Head, Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha., India.
Priyanka Mishra: MVSc Scholar, Department of Microbiology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha., India.
Niranjana Sahoo: Professor and Head, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha., India.
Sarat Kumar Sahu: Veterinary Assistance Surgeon, Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 69 – 73

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A study was carried out on the captive tigers of Nandankanan zoo, Odisha, India, to conclude any deleterious effect of inbreeding on mortality. A pedigree path analysis of 342 tigers was done to estimate the inbreeding coefficient of each tiger from the available pedigree information since the inception of zoological park in 1964. Percentage of animal with different range of inbreeding coefficient was classified based on their normal and white body coat colour. The correlation values between sex, colour and inbreeding coefficient with mortality were also estimated. The colour and inbreeding coefficient was found to be significantly (p<0.05) correlated with the mortality. The inbreeding was found to be significant (p<0.05) with white colour of tiger.

Published in Exploratory Animal and Medical Research

ISSN: 2277-470X (Print); 2319-247X (Online)
Publisher: West Bengal Veterinary Alumni Association
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Animal culture: Veterinary medicine
Website: https://animalmedicalresearch.org/

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