Table 1. Zoological gardens included in the study with the numbers of camels kept and the number of filial and non-filial sucking bouts in herds.
Zoo | Year | Adults (M, F) | Nursing F | Calves (M, F) | Total SB | Non-filial SB | Non-filial SB (%) |
Brno | 2006 | 1,4 | 2 | 0,2 | 81 | 0 | 0,00 |
Brno | 2007 | 1,3 | 1 | 0,2 * | 26 | 3 | 11,54 |
Zlín-Lešná | 2005 | 1,2 | 2 | 2,0 | 58 | 2 | 3,45 |
Ostrava | 2006 | 1,7 | 2 | 1,1 | 85 | 16 | 18,82 |
Ostrava | 2007 | 1,7 | 3 | 1,2 | 36 | 9 | 25,00 |
Praha | 2006 | 1,5 | 2 | 1,1 | 87 | 2 | 2,29 |
Total | 373 | 32 | 8,58 |
(M - males; F- females; SB – sucking bout).
One of the calves was already weaned by its mother but occasionally sucked from a non-maternal dam.