Ovaries and testes were collected throughout the year from domestic cats spayed and neutered
at local veterinary clinics. Fresh oocytes recovered from minced ovaries were subjected …

Current methods for detecting complete oocyte maturation and developmental competence
are inadequate. The objectives of this study were to (1) examine the relationship between cat …

The main effort to secure threatened species globally is to set aside land and sea for their
conservation via governance arrangements such as protected areas. But not even the biggest …

Cryopreservation is an important conservation tool, which may help reef-building coral
survive. However, scaling-up from small, laboratory-sized experiments to higher-throughput …

The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is an endangered species that is difficult to breed
in captivity. Species management could benefit from the use of artificial insemination (AI) with …

To build new tools for the continued protection and propagation of coral from the Great Barrier
Reef (GBR), an international group of coral and cryopreservation scientists known as the …

Domestic cat embryos of excellent quality appear to improve development of conspecific
embryos when cultured together, providing an avenue for improving development of embryos …

The spermatozoon of felids (cats) survives cryopreservation inconsistently. Using ejaculates
from three species (domestic cat [normospermic versus teratospermic], the normospermic …

For some species, embryos cultured with conspecific companions may have enhanced in
vitro development compared with singletons. The objective of this study was to determine the …

Throughout the world coral reefs are being degraded at unprecedented rates. Locally, reefs
are damaged by pollution, nutrient overload and sedimentation from out-dated land-use, …