Application of assisted reproduction for population management in felids: The potential and reality for conservation of small cats

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-58

  Swanson, William F ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Conservation; Embryo transfer; Genetic drift; Genome resource banking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FELIDAE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RESEARCH;

FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS MARGARITA; FELIS NIGRIPES; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; OTOCOLOBUS MANUL; PRIONAILURUS VIVERRINUS;

EID: 33744921345     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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