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. 2013 Jan 9;8(1):e53052. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053052

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.