Matsuoka K, Suzuki J
Jikken Dobutsu. 1987 Jan;36(1):83-6.
Recently a Mongolian gerbil has become a useful laboratory animal, while little of the basic data are known about the breeding and growth of this laboratory rodent. In our animal center, an inbred strain of the seizure prone gerbil has been produced and kept these ten years. The data on the breeding and growth of the animal were obtained and described as following in the present paper. The mean life span was 26 +/- 14 month old for males and 27 +/- 13 month old for females. The mean body weight of the Mongolian gerbils at 16 weeks of age was 72 +/- 5.6 g for males and 62 +/- 7.3 g for females. The mean litter size at birth was 4.8 +/- 1.7 head. (range; 1-9) More newborn pups were born in the warm seasons (March-October) than the cold seasons (November-February). The mean rate of weaning was 80.2%. The man litter size was relatively constant in each generation.
最近，蒙古沙鼠已成为一种有用的实验动物，然而关于这种实验啮齿动物的繁殖和生长的基础数据却知之甚少。在我们的动物中心，已经培育出一种易癫痫发作的蒙古沙鼠近交系，并饲养了十年。本文获取并描述了该动物繁殖和生长的数据。雄性的平均寿命为26±14个月，雌性为27±13个月。16周龄蒙古沙鼠的平均体重，雄性为72±5.6克，雌性为62±7.3克。出生时的平均窝仔数为4.8±1.7只（范围：1 - 9只）。温暖季节（3月至10月）出生的新生幼崽比寒冷季节（11月至2月）更多。平均断奶率为80.2%。每一代的平均窝仔数相对稳定。
