- Title
- Emerging arguments for reproductive technologies in wildlife and their implications for assisted reproduction and conservation of threatened marsupials.
- Creator
- Howell, Lachlan G.; Witt, Ryan R.
- Relation
- Theriogenology Vol. 198, Issue 1 March 2023, p. 19-29
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.12.008
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have significant potential to make a meaningful contribution to the conservation of threatened wildlife. This is true of Australia's iconic, and endangered koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). If developed, ARTs could offer a solution to manage genetic diversity and costs in breeding programs and may provide frozen repositories for either insurance or the practical production of genetically resilient koalas for release and on-ground recovery. Holding back the wider use of ARTs for koalas and other wildlife is a lack of funding to close the remaining knowledge gaps in the marsupial reproductive sciences and develop the reproductive tools needed. This lack of funding is arguably driven by a poor understanding of the potential contribution ARTs could make to threatened species management. We present a review of our cross-disciplinary and accessible strategy to draw much needed public attention and funding for the development of ARTs in wildlife, using emerging cost and genetic modelling arguments and the koala as a case study.
- Subject
- assisted reproductive technology; cryopreservation; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; koala Research funding; wildlife; SDG 15; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1480988
- Identifier
- uon:50610
- Identifier
- ISSN:0093-691X
- Language
- eng
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