IUCN category Number of speciesa Response Urgency Extinct 34 Explore de-extinction; (cloning) Not urgent, as long as governance and curation of frozen specimens is in place Extinct in the wild…
Fig. 15.1 Differential dynamic behaviour of sperm DNA damage in two ejaculates from two different rams after incubation of the sample for 24 h in INRA-84 at 37 °C. Numbers…
Institution/consortium Country Cell bank established Information North America Audubon Nature Institute USA INA >15 feline cell linesa American Museum of Natural History USA 2001 >28,000 tissue and DNA samplesa, b,…
Site (year initiated) Prairie dog speciesa Land ownership Total # BFFs released Estimated 2012 population 1Shirley Basin, WY (1991) Wtpd Private, federal, state 513 239 (2009) 2UL Bend Natl. Wild….
Fig. 9.1 Schematic drawing of female koala reproductive tract; (A) Ventral aspect and (B) Lateral aspect. Bl—bladder; Bu—bursa; Cx—Cervix; Fi—Fimbria; In—Infundibulum; Lv—Lateral vagina; Ms—Medial septum; Od—Oviduct; Ug—Urogenital strand; Ur—Ureter; Us—Urogenital…
Fig. 19.1 Thin sections of mammoth tissues: (a) skin (×100), (b) muscle (×400), (c, d) bone and bone marrow (c ×100 and d ×400) samples stained by hematoxylin-eosin double staining…
Disease or infectious agent Presence in ovary, oviduct or uterus Association with washed embryos Transmission by ET Transmission by semen Investigated species (source/reference-as superscript) Potential wildlife counterparts Viral SVSV3 −…
Fig. 8.1 Model of the elephant ovarian cycle, showing relationships among the secretion of estradiol, progestagens, LH, FSH, prolactin and inhibin throughout a follicular phase preceding and following a luteal…
Species Anatomy and pretreatment Optimal preservation methods Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) Highly compacted seminiferous tubules 1 h enzymatic digestion Slow freezing in straws Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Seminiferous tubules can be…
Fig. 13.1 Developing embryos. (a) Fresh and (b) cryopreserved sperm were used to produce developing coral larvae. Regardless of whether fresh or frozen sperm was used to fertilize fresh eggs,…
