Artificial insemination in deer and non-domestic bovids

Artificial insemination technology has revolutionized the domestic cattle breeding industry and allowed for the dissemination of valuable genetics worldwide. This technology has been adapted for use in many other taxa for the conservation of threatened and endangered species, but its use for the gen...

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Published in:Theriogenology 2009, Vol.71 (1), p.149-165
Main Authors: Morrow, C.J., Penfold, L.M., Wolfe, B.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal reproduction
Animals
Animals, Wild
Antelope
antelopes
Artificial insemination
Artiodactyla - genetics
Artiodactyla - physiology
Assisted reproduction
assisted reproductive technologies
Bovidae
Cervidae
Deer
Estrus synchronization
Insemination, Artificial - veterinary
literature reviews
wild animals
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Summary:Artificial insemination technology has revolutionized the domestic cattle breeding industry and allowed for the dissemination of valuable genetics worldwide. This technology has been adapted for use in many other taxa for the conservation of threatened and endangered species, but its use for the genetic management of small populations of deer, antelope and other non-domestic bovids has met numerous challenges and limited success. In practice, adaptation of domestic bovine AI protocols to other artiodactylids for genetic management has been limited by: (1) a lack of understanding of species-specific reproductive characteristics; (2) the inability to minimize handling stress; (3) pregnancy losses; and (4) regulatory challenges in semen importation. To date, AI protocols have been developed for seven species of cervid and 14 species of non-domestic bovids; recent developments in this technology has allowed greater use of AI for dissemination of genetics in farmed deer species. However, despite decades of research in the use of assisted reproduction for the conservation of antelope and other non-domestic bovids, even this simplest technique has not been used repeatedly for genetic management.
ISSN:0093-691X
1879-3231
DOI:10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.09.001