Cheng Jiu underwent the world's first gastrotomy for acute gastric dilation in a giant panda. After 61 days of critical care including multiple complications, he made a full recovery.
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Cheng Jiu (成就, studbook #917) is a male giant panda born July 18, 2014 at Chengdu Base — weighing a massive 212g at birt...
A Jie and Ya Jun moved to Ningbo Youngor Zoo. In 2023, they moved into the new "National Treasure Secret Realm" exhibit.
Aihin gave birth to the first cub of 2016 globally, but the cub died suddenly 4 days later from causes similar to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — an extremely rare case in panda breeding.
Aihin gave birth to twin males Dai Dai and Lu Lu in Shaanxi — the first successful cross-subspecies breeding between Sichuan and Qinling pandas.
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