Reproductive health surveillance in zoo and wildlife medicine.
For over 25 years, the Reproductive Health Surveillance Program has collected, processed, evaluated, and archived reproductive tracts from nondomestic mammals submitted by zoos. The analysis of the data from this archive has been used to recognize lesions associated with exposure to certain contraceptives; but arguably more importantly, to also document naturally occurring lesions. The goals of this program are to enhance the reproductive management of captive and free-ranging species by providing information about the effects of various contraceptives and to provide basic information regarding the natural reproductive histories and naturally occurring lesions in male and female zoo animals.
Denver Zoological Foundation, Denver Colorado 80205, USA. anneke_moresco@hotmail.com
Anneke
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Moresco
Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lansing, 48910, USA.
Dalen W
DW
Agnew
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D003270:Contraceptive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects*; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D011155:Population Control
D003270:Contraceptive Agents