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- Title
Semen banking—is it now feasible for captive endangered species?
- Authors
Holt, W. V.; Moore, H. D. M.
- Abstract
This article proposes that serious consideration should now be given to the establishment of banks of genetic material from rare and endangered species. In the light of advances in the technology associated with semen assessment and preservation, the limitations that have so far discouraged the practice of semen freezing and banking can now be minimized and circumvented. The authors review these developments and suggest that semen preservation should be reconsidered as a practical means of preserving the genetic diversity currently contained within captive stocks of wild animals.
- Subjects
ENDANGERED species; WILDLIFE conservation; CAPTIVE wild animal artificial insemination; FROZEN semen; FEASIBILITY studies; DNA fingerprinting of animals
- Publication
Oryx, 1988, Vol 22, Issue 3, p172
- ISSN
0030-6053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0030605300027800