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Eryatou

二丫头

Life status
Living
Born

Eryatou’s life includes a medically significant obstetric case. In 2004, after 14 hours following rupture of membranes without normal labor, specialists used conservative treatment combining Chinese and Western medicine to deliver the dead fetus and avoid surgery; the Chengdu panda base recorded it as the first reported case of dystocia in a giant panda worldwide. After recovering and regaining condition, Eryatou successfully gave birth to a female cub in 2006 and showed strong maternal care.

Sex
Female
Studbook number
401
Current place
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

No photograph is available yet.

Timeline

7 recorded events

  1. Born at Chengdu Research Base

    Eryatou was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on September 19, 1993.

    Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

  2. Year only

    Treated for dystocia without surgery

    In 2004, 14 hours after rupture of membranes without normal labor, ultrasound confirmed that the fetus remained in Eryatou’s uterus. Specialists used conservative treatment combining Chinese and Western medicine to deliver the dead fetus without surgery, in what was reported as the world’s first case of dystocia in a giant panda.

  3. Gave birth for the first time

    Eryatou gave birth for the first time on August 13, 2006. Her daughter Xiaoyatou was born that day.

  4. Gave birth to twins Xingrong and Xingya

    Eryatou gave birth to twins Xingrong and Xingya on August 13, 2007.

  5. Gave birth to son Erxi

    Eryatou gave birth to a male cub, Erxi, on July 26, 2010.

  6. Gave birth to daughter Erqiao

    Eryatou gave birth to a female cub, Erqiao, on August 13, 2011.

  7. Gave birth to Mengmeng at nearly 20 years old

    Eryatou gave birth to a female cub, Mengmeng, on July 10, 2013, when she was nearly 20 years old.

Relationships

Mother

Places

Current place

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.

Sources

These are sources related to this panda. Sources for individual events appear in the timeline; one source does not establish every detail.

  1. www.icswb.com

    Event source

    https://www.icswb.com/h/152/20151230/384371.html
  2. tech.sina.com.cn

    Event source

    https://tech.sina.com.cn/d/2006-08-22/10521097202.shtml
  3. https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2010/07-26/2425249.shtml
  4. pandapia.com

    Event source

    https://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=MTEw
  5. pandapia.com

    Event source

    https://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=MTg1
  6. https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2013/07-11/5029709.shtml
  7. news.ipanda.com

    Event source

    https://news.ipanda.com/2017/06/23/ARTIWPbGFEHzNwEHKsJzMfR1170623.shtml
  8. www.panda.org.cn

    Event source

    https://www.panda.org.cn/cn/animal/preventionandcure/
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