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Assisted Reproduction in the Great Apes

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Book cover In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer in Primates

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Abstract

Assisted reproduction with great apes will be considered here as facilitated reproduction in order to include the experimental and clinical approaches related to fertility evaluation (including correction of infertility) and optimization of natural fertilization as well as the more invasive methods of reproduction enhancement associated with artificial insemination (AI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), gamete storage, and surgical intervention. Those techniques are only now becoming effectively applied to the great apes. In addition, the existing data pertaining to early termination of pregnancy, obstetrical intervention, and neonatal and infant mortality can provide valuable guidance regarding the development of strategies for assisted reproduction. Such strategies are, therefore, to be directed to initiation of pregnancy, maintenance of pregnancy, reduction of neonatal loss, provision of means for “normal” postnatal development, and arrangement for social conditions conducive to subsequent natural breeding and rearing of offspring.

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  1. Kenneth G. Gould
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  1. Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, 505 N.W. 185th Avenue, Beaverton, Oregon, 97006, USA

    Don P. Wolf Ph.D. , Richard L. Stouffer Ph.D.  & Robert M. Brenner Ph.D. ,  & 

  2. Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Don P. Wolf Ph.D.

  3. Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Richard L. Stouffer Ph.D.

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Gould, K.G., Dahl, J.F. (1993). Assisted Reproduction in the Great Apes. In: Wolf, D.P., Stouffer, R.L., Brenner, R.M. (eds) In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer in Primates. Serono Symposia, USA. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2716-8_3

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