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Induction of ovulation and successful artificial insemination in a Persian leopard ( Panthera pardus saxicolor )
Author(s) -
Dresser B. L.,
Kramer L.,
Reece B.,
Russell P. T.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
zoo biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1098-2361
pISSN - 0733-3188
DOI - 10.1002/zoo.1430010106
Subject(s) - panthera , leopard , biology , artificial insemination , ovulation , zoology , insemination , reproductive tract , ecology , pregnancy , predation , endocrinology , genetics
Techniques of artificial insemination have not been readily applied to zoo animals. The nonsurgical approach has been unsuccessful in nondomestic felids until the present study where pregnancy was achieved in a Persian leopard. The demonstration of this technique should encourage renewed attempts to artificially inseminate nondomestic felids.