First Birth of Cheetah Cubs from In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer.

assisted breeding cheetahs embryo transfer in vitro fertilization ovum pick-up

Journal

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Oct 2020
Historique:
received: 10 09 2020
revised: 29 09 2020
accepted: 02 10 2020
entrez: 8 10 2020
pubmed: 9 10 2020
medline: 9 10 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Approximately 30% of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums cheetah population (~350 total animals) is unlikely to breed naturally due to advanced age, health, or behavioral issues. Aging cheetah females (≥9 y old) are unlikely to become pregnant via natural breeding if they are nulliparous. We previously demonstrated that oocytes recovered from aged females were of similar quality compared with those recovered from younger females (2-8 y old). We hypothesize that transfer of 4-8 cell embryos produced by in vitro fertilization with oocytes from old donors could result in pregnancy after transfer into younger recipients. Female cheetahs (

Identifiants

pubmed: 33027972
pii: ani10101811
doi: 10.3390/ani10101811
pmc: PMC7600091
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : William H. Donner Foundation
ID : N/A
Organisme : JoGayle Dillon Howard Revocable Trust
ID : N/A

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Auteurs

Adrienne E Crosier (AE)

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.

Julie Lamy (J)

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.

Priya Bapodra (P)

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, OH 43065, USA.

Suzi Rapp (S)

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, OH 43065, USA.

Morgan Maly (M)

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.

Randy Junge (R)

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, OH 43065, USA.

Holly Haefele (H)

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose, TX 76043, USA.

Jason Ahistus (J)

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose, TX 76043, USA.

Jenny Santiestevan (J)

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.

Pierre Comizzoli (P)

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.

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