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. 2022 May 18;84(7):960–963. doi: 10.1292/jvms.22-0111

Table 2. Breeding performance and age at each time of delivery.

No. of delivery 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
Delivered mother (out of 11) 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 8 5 4 4 3
Cannibalism / Non-nursing 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 1 1 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 0 2 / 0
Weaning rate (%) 94.8 85.5 94.7 95.0 82.0 99.2 90.0 62.9 96.7 71.9 75.0 73.3 100
Age at delivery (months of age) 2.9 ± 0.1 4.3 ± 0.4 5.2 ± 0.4 6.3 ± 0.6 7.5 ± 0.7 8.8 ± 0.8 10.4 ± 1.4 11.4 ± 1.7 12.5 ± 2.3 12.1 ± 0.6 12.9 ± 0.7 14.0 ± 0.5 15.2 ± 0.0
Interval after former delivery (months) - 1.4 ± 0.3 0.9 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.3 1.2 ± 0.5 1.3 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 1.0 1.4 ± 1.0 1.6 ± 1.7 1.0 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.6