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Ruggeri E, Klohonatz K, Durrant B, Sirard M
Animals (Basel) . 2024 Dec; 14(23). PMID: 39682503
In recent years, biomarkers in granulosa cells (GC) have been determined and associated in several species with oocyte maturation, in vitro fertilization success, and embryo development outcomes. The identification of...
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Klohonatz K, Durrant B, Sirard M, Ruggeri E
Sci Rep . 2024 Aug; 14(1):19321. PMID: 39164442
Much remains unknown about the reproductive physiology of southern white rhinoceros (SWR) and the effect of ovarian stimulation prior to ovum pickup (OPU) have not been fully elucidated. Granulosa cells...
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Gad A, Menjivar N, Felton R, Durrant B, Tesfaye D, Ruggeri E
Biol Reprod . 2024 May; 111(2):376-390. PMID: 38775197
Efforts to implement effective assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) for the conservation of the northern white rhinoceros (NWR; Ceratotherium simum cottoni) to prevent its forthcoming extinction, could be supported by research...
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Byrne P, Jensen T, Kristan W, Theule J, Durrant B
Zoo Biol . 2023 Oct; 43(1):75-82. PMID: 37877467
Egg weight loss during incubation is a key indicator used to monitor successful egg development and is closely related to hatchability and chick survival. Artificial incubation is one of the...
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Adams L, Liu Y, Durrant B, Ruggeri E, Young C, Krisher R, et al.
J Vis Exp . 2022 Jul; (185). PMID: 35876541
Interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (iSCNT) may be used to rescue endangered species, but two distinct populations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exist within the reconstructed embryo: one within the recipient...
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Young C, Ravida N, Rochford M, Mazzotti F, Curtis M, Durrant B
Reprod Fertil Dev . 2021 Aug; 34(5):401-409. PMID: 34412771
Burmese pythons Python bivittatus captured in the Florida Everglades as part of an invasive species monitoring program served as a model for the development of sperm cryopreservation protocols for endangered...
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Young C, Ravida N, Durrant B
Reprod Fertil Dev . 2021 Jun; 33:605-609. PMID: 34059184
Snake populations are declining worldwide, but research devoted to the development of sperm cryopreservation techniques for this taxon is very limited. Spermatozoa were collected postmortem from snakes of four squamate...
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Kinney M, Hendrickson D, Pennington P, Zuba J, Clancy M, Howard L, et al.
J Zoo Wildl Med . 2019 May; 50(1):274-277. PMID: 31120691
Vaginoscopy using a 10-mm, 30° forward viewing rigid endoscope was used to evaluate the caudal reproductive tract of four subadult southern white rhinoceros (). A vertical vaginal septum was documented...
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Jensen T, Jamieson S, Castro I, Gartrell B, Cockrem J, Durrant B
Zoo Biol . 2019 Apr; 38(3):316-320. PMID: 30937977
In brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli), the male is the primary incubator, a trait that is relatively rare among birds. The maintenance of avian incubation behavior is controlled by the protein...
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Ververs C, van Zijll Langhout M, Hostens M, Otto M, Govaere J, Durrant B, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Dec; 12(12):e0187751. PMID: 29236723
The population of free-roaming white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) is under serious threat. Captive breeding of this species is therefore becoming more important, but this is challenging and often not successful....