| Abstract: | Summary: Artificial insemination is a practical propagation tool that has been successful with a variety of birds. Cooperative, massage, and electroejaculation and modifications of these three basic methods of semen collection are described for a variety of birds. Semen color and consistency and sperm number, moti!ity, and morphology, as discussed, are useful indicators of semen quality, but the most reliable test of semen quality is the production of fertile eggs. Successful cryogenic preservation of avian semen with DMSO or glycerol as the cryoprotectant has been possible. Although the methods for preservation require special equipment, use of frozen semen requires only simple insemination supplies |
| Genre: | Book chapter |
| ProdID: | 5210323 |
| Citation Author: | Gee, G.F. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Editor: | Risser, Arthur C.; Todd, Frank S. (editors) |
| Citation End Page: | 398 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Proceedings of the 1983 Jean Delacour/IFCB Symposium on Breeding Birds in Captivity |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | xiii, 622 (loose leaf) |
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| Citation Publisher: | International Foundation for the Conservation of Birds |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Avian artificial insemination and semen preservation; 1983; Book chapter; Proceedings of the 1983 Jean Delacour/IFCB Symposium on Breeding Birds in Captivity; Gee, G.F. |
| Citation Start Page: | 375 |
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| Citation Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Avian artificial insemination and semen preservation; 1983; Book chapter; Proceedings of the 1983 Jean Delacour/IFCB Symposium on Breeding Birds in Captivity; Gee, G.F. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:23 -0500 |
| Publisher: | International Foundation for the Conservation of Birds |
