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. Materials and methods Animals Male snow leopards in this study were included in the Snow Leopard SSP and maintained in USDA and/or AZA-accredited facilities. All procedures were reviewed and approved by the Animal Care and Use Committees of each
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USFWS guidelines and Smithsonian Institution International Animal Care and Use Committee approval (IACUC #18-05). Sperm collection and processing A single collection attempt was made per animal in the 2018 and 2019 breeding seasons (January
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Introduction We live, as the programme for the recent Fertility 2021 conference evidenced, in an extraordinary age where assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) enable us not only to freeze gametes for future use, or to perform fertilisation
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difficulties. For example, genetically diverse mating partners may be located at different facilities in other countries or continents, and fertility may be sub-optimal when the social needs of captive animals are not met. The use of assisted reproductive