The birth of a giant panda: Tracking the biological factors that successfully contribute to conception through to postnatal development

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• 作者：David C. Kersey^a ; ^{dkersey@westernu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Copper Aitken-Palmer^b ; Sam Rivera^c ; Erin L. Willis^d ; ¹ ; Liu Yu Liang^e ; Rebecca J. Snyder^c ; ^f
• 关键词：Noninvasive hormone monitoring ; Giant panda ; Ceruloplasmin ; Fetal growth
• 刊名：Theriogenology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：85
• 期：4
• 页码：671-677
• 全文大小：456 K

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Reproducing giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) remains the most challenging aspect of managed care of this species. However, advancement in knowledge stemming from basic science research on the giant panda has facilitated a growth in the population. Here, we report the successful application of reproductive technologies, including noninvasive hormone monitoring, behavioral/morphometric observations, ultrasonographic evaluations, and acute phase protein assessment, in an individual female. By applying these approaches to one female, we report the practicality and usefulness of a multidisciplinary approach to reproductive care of the species. In addition, the utilization of various technologies across multiple physiological states also provided us an opportunity to record previously understudied events, such as maternal response to weaning and growth of a conceptus.