Non invasive assessment of Body Condition of Wild Herbivores of Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

摘要

The physical status and general health of wild animals can be judged by evolution of their body condition, which can be done from a safe distance without disturbing the wild animals. The point scale methods was used in this study for the evaluation body condition of 207 wild herbivores Chital or Spotted Deer (Axis axis) -150, Sambar (Rusa unicolor) -32 and Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) —25. Among 207 physically evalu- ated animals 55.56 per cent were in good, 35.75 per cent in average and 8.70 per cent were in poor body condition.