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Intrauterine insemination with fresh semen in Amur leopard cat (Pionailurus bengalensis eutilura) during non-breeding season

Authors :
Yuriko Tateyama
Etsuo Narushima
Shinichi Sasaki
Toshihiko Tsutsui
Masanori Kobayashi
Hideo Tajima
Eiichi Kawakami
Tatsuya Hori
Osamu Doi
Satoshi Kusuda
Madoka Yoshizawa
Fujio Yamamoto
Takashi Funahashi
Source :
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 79:92-99
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, 2017.

Abstract

Equine and human chorionic gonadotropins were administered to two female Amur leopard cats to induce estrus and ovulation during non-breeding season. Fresh semen collected from male cats was surgically inseminated into the uterine horn of the females. In one animal, two fetal sacs without heartbeats were observed on abdominal ultrasonography 31 days after insemination, which indicated that embryo death had occurred. In the other animal, fetal heartbeats were detected in two fetal sacs 29 days after insemination, which confirmed as pregnancy. This animal delivered two newborns 68 days after insemination; the one of the kittens was assumed to be stillbirth, and the other grew normally. In this study, we successfully obtained a kitten from an Amur leopard cat by artificial breeding for the first time in Japan.

Details

ISSN :
13477439 and 09167250
Volume :
79
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........3a21d9aa5cbf84aad835a07964a3512d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0683