Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Araujo, Gediendson Ribeiro de
• Paula, Tarcízio Antônio Rego de
• Deco-Souza, Thyara de
• Morato, Ronaldo Gonçalves
• Bergo, Letícia C.F.
• Silva, Leanes Cruz da
• Costa, Deiler Sampaio
• Braud, Cindy

Titel

Comparison of semen samples collected from wild and captive jaguars (Panthera onca) by urethral catheterization after pharmacological induction

Ist Teil von

• Animal reproduction science, 2018-08, Vol.195, p.1-7

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study was designed to evaluate the efficiency of medetomidine anesthesia for semen collection through urethral catheter in wild and captive jaguars. Six captive and five wild jaguars were chemically restrained with a combination of medetomidine (0.08–0.1 mg/kg) and ketamine (5 mg/kg). After medetomidine administration the urethra was catheterized using a urinary tomcat catheter (1 mm diameter × 130 mm length) to collect semen from all animals. By using this technique, we could collect an average of 347.2 μl of semen containing 2,635.2 sperm/ml. Forward progressive motility, sperm progressive motility, and sperm morphology analysis demonstrated that the methodology did not affect sperm quality. Thus, urethral catheterization after medetomidine administration is a practical and efficient method to collect high-quality semen from wild and captive jaguars; this will enable the development of reproductive assisted technologies for jaguars.