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

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Osamu DOI¹  Masanori KOBAYASHI¹  Yuriko TATEYAMA¹  Hideo TAJIMA²  Fujio YAMAMOTO²  Satoshi KUSUDA³  Madoka YOSHIZAWA⁴  Eiichi KAWAKAMI⁴  Takashi FUNAHASHI⁴  Tatsuya HORI⁴  Shinichi SASAKI⁵  Toshihiko TSUTSUI⁶  Etsuo NARUSHIMA⁶ 

[1] Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan;Inokashira Park Zoo, 1-17-6, Gotenyama, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0005, Japan;International Institute of Small Animal Medicine (Bio Plus), AHB Inc., 3-7-11 Kiba, Koutou-ku, Tokyo 135-0042, Japan;Laboratory of Reproduction, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan;Tama Zoological Park, 7-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0042, Japan;Ueno Zoological Gardens, 9-83 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8711, Japan

关键词: Amur leopard cat;    estrus induction;    intrauterine insemination;    non-breeding season;    ovulation induction;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.15-0683

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

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.

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