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Collection of semen by manual stimulation and ejaculate characteristics of the black flying‐fox (Pteropus alecto)

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Title
Collection of semen by manual stimulation and ejaculate characteristics of the black flying‐fox (Pteropus alecto)
Published in
Zoo Biology, January 2008
DOI 10.1002/zoo.20169
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Authors

Debbie F. Melville, Elizabeth G. Crichton, Trish Paterson‐Wimberley, Steve D. Johnston

Abstract

Semen collection and preservation is the first step toward the development of an artificial insemination program in endangered Pteropus spp. Semen was collected by manual stimulation from a single "human-habituated" P. alecto. Manual stimulation resulted in the successful collection of motile spermatozoa on 17 of 34 attempts. The semen had a pH of 8.2 (n=2). With the exception of volume, seminal characteristics (concentration, motility, acrosome and plasma membrane status) were similar to those collected previously by electro-ejaculation. Zoo Biol 27:159-164, 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Guyana 1 4%
United States 1 4%
Czechia 1 4%
Unknown 21 88%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 33%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 21%
Other 3 13%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Student > Bachelor 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 3 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 58%
Environmental Science 4 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 8%
Materials Science 1 4%
Unknown 3 13%
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#15,141,621
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Outputs from Zoo Biology
#636
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#142,643
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#5
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