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| Ashraf, N.V.K. | |
| Report on the capsuel veterinary workshops on special techniques in felid reproduction and genetics | |
| 1994 Conference Proceeding | |
A series of four one-day capsule veterinary workshops were held at four zoos in India, during the month of October, 1993. A team of six US scientists conducted these workshops. One of the major objectives of the team's visit to India was to establish the purity of the Asiatic lion subspecies maintained in these Indian zoos. The group was also interested to study the seminal characteristics of exotic felids that have the history of inbreeding in zoos and to demonstrate these techniques to Indian veterinarians, reproductive physiologists and geneticists working in zoos and universities. While doing so, the team also demonstrated the use of transponders for animal identification, technique of collecting skin biopsies and the prodecure of performing vasectomy as a method to control breeding in zoos. This report, accordingly, deals with the following topics: 1. Aneasthetic procedures, 2. Electroejaculation & Cryopreservation, 3. Genetic tests for recognizing hybrid lions, 4. Reproductive control methods-Vasectomy, 5. Transponder telemetry and 6. Diseases of potential threat to lions. |
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