Microlivestock Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future (1991) / Chapter Skim
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24 Vizcacha
24 Vizcacha
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In improverished marginal sites, where other livestock enterprises are unsuitable, the potential exists for game-ranching vizcachas. AREA OF POTENTIAL USE Because of the potential hazard to new areas, vizcachas can be used only in the pampas regions of southern South America where they are already widespread.
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Males weigh 5-8 kg; females 2~.5 kg. Members of the same rodent subfamily as the chinchilla, they have a thick, soft, valuable fur that is gray or brown above, whitish or grayish below.
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The metabolic efficiency (dry matter per kg) was 33-56 percent; the digestive efficiency was 5(}60 percent.2 Male vizcachas become sexually mature at about seven months of age and remain fertile throughout the year.
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HUSBANDRY In zoos, vizcachas are fed the typical diets furnished for vegetarian rodents: rolled oats, green vegetables, bananas, apples, and bread. They are usually kept indoors in wire-fronted cages, about 1 x 2 m in size, and provided with sleeping boxes.
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; · Attempting captive rearing and small-scale husbandry; · Assessing performance under various environments; and · Quantifying productivity and population dynamics in relation to rangeland use and improvement practices. A rational cropping program based on wild stocks is perhaps more viable than captive breeding.
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